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Hip hop music can be subdivided into various subgenres, fusions with other genres and regional hip hop scenes.

Historical time periods

• Roots of hip hop
• Old school hip hop
• New school hip hop
• Golden age hip hop

Derived styles

*:Genres of hip-hop that are connected with rave culture
**: Mix of pop, hip-hop, soul, rhythm and blues and gospel
***: subgenre of contemporary R&B and mix of hip-hop and soul

United States regional scenes

American hip hop regional scenes and genres that came from them.

World scenes

World genres influenced by hip hop

• Bongo Flava - Originally from Tanzania
• Cumbia rap - from Colombia
• Grime - from London
• Hiplife - hip hop and highlife from Ghana
• Kwaito - South African house/hip hop fusion
• Low Bap - originally from Greece
• Merenrap - from the Dominican Republic
• Motswako - from Botswana and South Africa
• Reggae Español/Spanish Reggae - from Panama
• Reggaeton - from the Caribbean, mostly Puerto Rico
• Songo-salsa
• Trip hop (or Bristol sound) - from Bristol, England
• Urban Pasifika - from New Zealand