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What Is Hip-Hop? Genre, History & Top Artists

The short answer

Hip-hop is music built around rhythmic vocal delivery (rapping) over beats and sampled or produced instrumentals, born in 1970s New York.

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Genre mix: what Germany streams today

Every day musicpiechart records the genre families behind Spotify's daily charts. The pie is the latest mix; the chart under it shows how that mix moved.

Pop: 31%Hip-Hop & Rap: 24%Alternative & Indie: 19%Electronic & Dance: 8%Rock: 5%R&B & Soul: 5%Other: 8%

What Germany is streaming today

Genre mix of Spotify's daily top 200, by streams, on October 19, 2026 · updated 19 Oct

  • Pop 31%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 24%
  • Alternative & Indie 19%
  • Electronic & Dance 8%
  • Rock 5%
  • R&B & Soul 5%
  • Other 8%

Genre share over 34 recorded days

September 16 to October 19, 2026. Each band is one genre family's share of the chart's daily streams, stacked to 100%; a missing day leaves a gap.

Stacked area chart of genre-family share of daily streams on the Germany Spotify chart, September 16 to October 19, 2026 Each coloured band is one genre family's share of the chart's daily streams, stacked to 100 percent. Days with no recorded edition leave a gap in every band. Hover a day for its shares; the data table below lists every value. 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% Sep 16 Oct 3 Oct 19 Sep 16, 2026: Pop 24.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 27.8%, Alternative & Indie 17.5%, Electronic & Dance 9.1%, Rock 6.1%, R&B & Soul 5.0%, Other 9.6% Sep 17, 2026: Pop 25.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 26.5%, Alternative & Indie 17.7%, Electronic & Dance 9.8%, Rock 6.2%, R&B & Soul 5.3%, Other 9.5% Sep 18, 2026: Pop 21.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 32.8%, Alternative & Indie 12.6%, Electronic & Dance 8.2%, Rock 5.8%, R&B & Soul 4.0%, Other 14.8% Sep 19, 2026: Pop 24.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 24.2%, Alternative & Indie 13.5%, Electronic & Dance 8.9%, Rock 6.1%, R&B & Soul 4.4%, Other 18.0% Sep 20, 2026: Pop 23.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 19.3%, Alternative & Indie 17.8%, Electronic & Dance 7.5%, Rock 6.1%, R&B & Soul 3.9%, Other 22.3% Sep 21, 2026: Pop 22.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 25.7%, Alternative & Indie 17.6%, Electronic & Dance 8.9%, Rock 5.6%, R&B & Soul 3.5%, Other 16.5% Sep 22, 2026: Pop 24.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 25.9%, Alternative & Indie 17.4%, Electronic & Dance 9.8%, Rock 5.7%, R&B & Soul 4.6%, Other 11.8% Sep 23, 2026: Pop 25.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 26.9%, Alternative & Indie 18.3%, Electronic & Dance 9.6%, Rock 6.0%, R&B & Soul 4.3%, Other 9.3% Sep 24, 2026: Pop 28.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 25.0%, Alternative & Indie 18.1%, Electronic & Dance 9.2%, Rock 6.0%, R&B & Soul 4.3%, Other 9.3% Sep 25, 2026: Pop 33.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 26.9%, Alternative & Indie 13.1%, Electronic & Dance 9.9%, Rock 5.1%, R&B & Soul 3.9%, Other 8.0% Sep 26, 2026: Pop 33.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 20.6%, Alternative & Indie 14.1%, Electronic & Dance 9.9%, Rock 7.0%, R&B & Soul 5.2%, Other 9.7% Sep 27, 2026: Pop 32.9%, Hip-Hop & Rap 19.0%, Alternative & Indie 18.5%, Electronic & Dance 9.3%, Rock 6.5%, R&B & Soul 4.8%, Other 9.0% Sep 28, 2026: Pop 30.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 23.9%, Alternative & Indie 17.8%, Electronic & Dance 9.1%, Rock 6.0%, R&B & Soul 3.8%, Other 8.9% Sep 29, 2026: Pop 31.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 23.2%, Alternative & Indie 18.3%, Electronic & Dance 9.0%, Rock 6.0%, R&B & Soul 3.5%, Other 8.6% Sep 30, 2026: Pop 30.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 24.4%, Alternative & Indie 16.5%, Electronic & Dance 9.2%, Rock 5.7%, R&B & Soul 4.2%, Other 9.2% Oct 1, 2026: Pop 31.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 23.0%, Alternative & Indie 17.7%, Electronic & Dance 8.8%, Rock 5.8%, R&B & Soul 4.7%, Other 9.0% Oct 2, 2026: Pop 29.4%, Hip-Hop & Rap 30.7%, Alternative & Indie 13.4%, Electronic & Dance 7.9%, Rock 5.3%, R&B & Soul 4.5%, Other 8.8% Oct 3, 2026: Pop 32.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 21.7%, Alternative & Indie 15.8%, Electronic & Dance 8.7%, Rock 7.1%, R&B & Soul 5.0%, Other 9.7% Oct 4, 2026: Pop 30.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 21.4%, Alternative & Indie 18.6%, Electronic & Dance 8.1%, Rock 5.8%, R&B & Soul 5.3%, Other 10.4% Oct 5, 2026: Pop 29.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 24.3%, Alternative & Indie 18.2%, Electronic & Dance 8.2%, Rock 5.7%, R&B & Soul 5.0%, Other 9.0% Oct 6, 2026: Pop 29.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 23.2%, Alternative & Indie 18.7%, Electronic & Dance 8.6%, Rock 5.3%, R&B & Soul 5.4%, Other 9.1% Oct 7, 2026: Pop 30.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 23.2%, Alternative & Indie 18.1%, Electronic & Dance 8.3%, Rock 5.3%, R&B & Soul 5.5%, Other 9.3% Oct 8, 2026: Pop 30.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 22.8%, Alternative & Indie 19.3%, Electronic & Dance 8.1%, Rock 6.3%, R&B & Soul 5.4%, Other 8.2% Oct 9, 2026: Pop 28.5%, Hip-Hop & Rap 29.0%, Alternative & Indie 16.9%, Electronic & Dance 8.3%, Rock 5.4%, R&B & Soul 4.8%, Other 7.1% Oct 10, 2026: Pop 31.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 23.2%, Alternative & Indie 17.3%, Electronic & Dance 8.1%, Rock 6.0%, R&B & Soul 5.6%, Other 8.7% Oct 11, 2026: Pop 30.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 20.5%, Alternative & Indie 22.0%, Electronic & Dance 8.0%, Rock 6.2%, R&B & Soul 5.4%, Other 7.8% Oct 12, 2026: Pop 27.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 26.0%, Alternative & Indie 18.8%, Electronic & Dance 8.3%, Rock 5.7%, R&B & Soul 5.2%, Other 8.0% Oct 13, 2026: Pop 28.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 25.6%, Alternative & Indie 19.3%, Electronic & Dance 8.3%, Rock 5.4%, R&B & Soul 5.4%, Other 8.0% Oct 14, 2026: Pop 28.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 25.8%, Alternative & Indie 18.2%, Electronic & Dance 8.4%, Rock 5.4%, R&B & Soul 5.3%, Other 8.1% Oct 15, 2026: Pop 29.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 24.9%, Alternative & Indie 18.1%, Electronic & Dance 8.7%, Rock 5.4%, R&B & Soul 5.4%, Other 7.7% Oct 16, 2026: Pop 28.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 31.1%, Alternative & Indie 14.6%, Electronic & Dance 8.9%, Rock 5.3%, R&B & Soul 4.7%, Other 7.4% Oct 17, 2026: Pop 33.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 21.5%, Alternative & Indie 17.2%, Electronic & Dance 9.0%, Rock 5.5%, R&B & Soul 6.2%, Other 7.4% Oct 18, 2026: Pop 30.9%, Hip-Hop & Rap 20.0%, Alternative & Indie 21.4%, Electronic & Dance 8.3%, Rock 6.8%, R&B & Soul 4.9%, Other 7.8% Oct 19, 2026: Pop 31.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 23.5%, Alternative & Indie 19.0%, Electronic & Dance 8.0%, Rock 5.5%, R&B & Soul 4.9%, Other 8.0%
  • Pop 31.0% · +6.1 pts
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 23.5% · -4.3 pts
  • Alternative & Indie 19.0% · +1.5 pts
  • Electronic & Dance 8.0% · -1.1 pts
  • Rock 5.5% · -0.6 pts
  • R&B & Soul 4.9% · no change
  • Other 8.0% · -1.6 pts
Genre-share data table
Genre-family share of daily streams, by day
Day PopHip-Hop & RapAlternative & IndieElectronic & DanceRockR&B & SoulOther
Oct 19, 2026 31.0%23.5%19.0%8.0%5.5%4.9%8.0%
Oct 18, 2026 30.9%20.0%21.4%8.3%6.8%4.9%7.8%
Oct 17, 2026 33.1%21.5%17.2%9.0%5.5%6.2%7.4%
Oct 16, 2026 28.1%31.1%14.6%8.9%5.3%4.7%7.4%
Oct 15, 2026 29.8%24.9%18.1%8.7%5.4%5.4%7.7%
Oct 14, 2026 28.8%25.8%18.2%8.4%5.4%5.3%8.1%
Oct 13, 2026 28.0%25.6%19.3%8.3%5.4%5.4%8.0%
Oct 12, 2026 27.8%26.0%18.8%8.3%5.7%5.2%8.0%
Oct 11, 2026 30.1%20.5%22.0%8.0%6.2%5.4%7.8%
Oct 10, 2026 31.1%23.2%17.3%8.1%6.0%5.6%8.7%
Oct 9, 2026 28.5%29.0%16.9%8.3%5.4%4.8%7.1%
Oct 8, 2026 30.0%22.8%19.3%8.1%6.3%5.4%8.2%
Oct 7, 2026 30.3%23.2%18.1%8.3%5.3%5.5%9.3%
Oct 6, 2026 29.6%23.2%18.7%8.6%5.3%5.4%9.1%
Oct 5, 2026 29.6%24.3%18.2%8.2%5.7%5.0%9.0%
Oct 4, 2026 30.6%21.4%18.6%8.1%5.8%5.3%10.4%
Oct 3, 2026 32.0%21.7%15.8%8.7%7.1%5.0%9.7%
Oct 2, 2026 29.4%30.7%13.4%7.9%5.3%4.5%8.8%
Oct 1, 2026 31.0%23.0%17.7%8.8%5.8%4.7%9.0%
Sep 30, 2026 30.6%24.4%16.5%9.2%5.7%4.2%9.2%
Sep 29, 2026 31.3%23.2%18.3%9.0%6.0%3.5%8.6%
Sep 28, 2026 30.6%23.9%17.8%9.1%6.0%3.8%8.9%
Sep 27, 2026 32.9%19.0%18.5%9.3%6.5%4.8%9.0%
Sep 26, 2026 33.6%20.6%14.1%9.9%7.0%5.2%9.7%
Sep 25, 2026 33.1%26.9%13.1%9.9%5.1%3.9%8.0%
Sep 24, 2026 28.1%25.0%18.1%9.2%6.0%4.3%9.3%
Sep 23, 2026 25.7%26.9%18.3%9.6%6.0%4.3%9.3%
Sep 22, 2026 24.8%25.9%17.4%9.8%5.7%4.6%11.8%
Sep 21, 2026 22.2%25.7%17.6%8.9%5.6%3.5%16.5%
Sep 20, 2026 23.0%19.3%17.8%7.5%6.1%3.9%22.3%
Sep 19, 2026 24.7%24.2%13.5%8.9%6.1%4.4%18.0%
Sep 18, 2026 21.7%32.8%12.6%8.2%5.8%4.0%14.8%
Sep 17, 2026 25.0%26.5%17.7%9.8%6.2%5.3%9.5%
Sep 16, 2026 24.8%27.8%17.5%9.1%6.1%5.0%9.6%

Pop leads the genre mix on Germany's Spotify daily chart with 31.0% of the day's streams (5.6M plays), ahead of Hip-Hop & Rap at 23.5% and Alternative & Indie at 19.0% on October 19, 2026. Across the 34 recorded days from September 16 to October 19, 2026, Pop gained the most share, up 6.1 points to 31.0% of streams, while Hip-Hop & Rap slipped the most, down 4.3 points to 23.5%. Hip-Hop sits in the Hip-Hop & Rap family, which holds 23.5% of that chart's streams (-4.3 pts over the window). Shares are stream-weighted: every play of a song on Germany's Spotify daily chart counts once, credited to its lead artist's genre family. Every song that Spotify can classify counts; every family outside the biggest six is grouped with them as Other. The figures come from spotify-top.com's daily charts, recorded once a day by Music Pie Chart.

Top Hip-Hop artists on Spotify

Artists in our catalogue tagged with this genre, ranked by Spotify popularity.

  1. Eminem

  2. Kendrick Lamar

  3. Lil Wayne

  4. JAŸ-Z

  5. Snoop Dogg

  6. 2Pac

  7. Dr. Dre

  8. The Notorious B.I.G.

Hip-Hop & Rap: 73%R&B & Soul: 27%
73%Hip-Hop & Rap

Beyond Hip-Hop

What else do Hip-Hop artists play?

The other genre families Hip-Hop's top artists on Spotify are tagged with.

  • Hip-Hop & Rap 73%
  • R&B & Soul 27%

Everything about Hip-Hop

What Defines Hip Hop?

Hip Hop is all about rhythmic beats, powerful rhymes, and an electrifying energy that gets you moving. It’s the voice of the streets, filled with stories, creativity, and passion.

Where Did Hip Hop Originate And Who Were Its Founders?

Hip Hop’s history travels back to the Bronx, New York City in the 1970s.

Visionaries like DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash laid down the tracks, while MCs like KRS-One and Afrika Bambaataa spit fire with their rhymes, all setting the stage for a cultural revolution that continues to resonate worldwide.

These pioneers laid the groundwork for a global phenomenon.

The Most Popular Hip Hop Music Genre Artists

Below are the legendary Hip Hop artists who've shaped genre's legacy:

  • Old School Legends: Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, and Public Enemy turned the genre into a global phenomenon.

  • Golden Era Icons: Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., and Nas brought lyrical prowess and storytelling to new heights.

  • Modern Mavericks: Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Cardi B continue to push boundaries and shape the future of Hip Hop.

Hip Hop vs Rap: What's the Difference?

While often used interchangeably, Hip Hop and Rap have their own distinct characteristics:

  • Hip Hop: It's more than just music; it's a culture that encompasses music, dance, art, and fashion.

  • Rap: Being a core element of Hip Hop culture, Rap focuses on delivering poetic verses over a rhythmic beat.

Pop Music vs Hip Hop

Pop and Hip Hop have their own unique styles:

  • Pop Music: Catchy hooks, upbeat melodies, universal appeal, and feel-good vibes make Pop a global sensation.

  • Hip Hop: With raw lyrics, urban storytelling, and an unapologetic attitude, Hip Hop speaks truth to power and celebrates authenticity.

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