Lebanese hip hop^[1] is a pioneering movement in Arabic hip hop as Lebanese youth were one of the first to be effected by hip hop culture. Also considered Lebanese hip hop is the output of Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon and who add to the Lebanese hip hop culture. There is also great hip hop scene in the Lebanese diaspora in USA, Canada, Australia which is considered Lebanese rap as well.

AKS'SER, an Arabic hip-hop group from Lebanon, was formed by two Beirut-based rappers whose music is a discourse about a society marked by civil war. The act is currently signed with EMI. Rayess Bek, one of AKS'SER members, has gone on with a solo career, releasing a widely acclaimed album.

Clotaire K, another Lebanese rapper was nominated by BBC Radio 3 for Award for World Music in 2005 . Ashekman (Lebanese rap crew), Khat Ahmar Lebanese rap and music production crew and RAmez are other known Lebanese rap acts. Also add RGB, Hamdan and the hip hop collective 961 Underground.

Lebanon also enjoys a healthy feminine rap scene with many women rappers. The best known is D-Lite. There are even religious rap groups in the country. "Militia" is a Christian religious rap group made up of Charles Makriss and Marun Adolph.^[2]

Erhab Records is an independently owned record label founded in 1999 by da twin brothers Fared and Mano. They started composing gangster rap, many anti-establishment tunes were spread. In 2001 they published a Lebanese gangster rap album followed by another one in 2003. In 2005 and after prime minister Hariri assassination, a third album followed. Erhab Records principal artists are Fahed (aka fared) Tony (aka empera) Mansour (aka mano) Raji (aka 88) Lana (aka da bomb) Charbel (aka 2edde7a) and zouzou (aka ---)

Katibe 5 (meaning Battalion 5) is a Palestinian rap act from the Bourj Barahneh Palestinian refugee camp. It is composed of OS Loop, Amro "C4", Yousri "Molotov" or Tarek "Jazzar" and Nader "Moscow".^[3]

International Lebanese acts include: K'Maro (Canada), Bass Hill Boyz (Australia)

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Subgenres

General	Alternative Hipster hop Boom bap Bounce British Road rap Chipmunk soul Chopped and screwed Chopper Cloud rap Comedy Crunk Crunkcore East Coast Freestyle rap Hyphy Jerkin' Instrumental Latin Chicano rap Lofi Miami bass Mumble rap Nerdcore Chap hop Political Conscious Progressive rap Religious Christian Jewish Snap music Southern Turntablism Underground
Hardcore	Dirty rap Gangsta rap Mafioso rap G-funk Horrorcore Memphis rap
Trap music	Afro trap Drill Brooklyn drill Jersey drill Sample drill UK drill Latin trap Phonk Plugg Rage Tread UK trap

Fusion genres

General	Country rap Electro Emo rap Hip hop soul Hip house Industrial Jazz rap New jack swing Pop rap Psychedelic rap Punk rap Ragga Rap opera Rap rock Trip hop
Rap metal	Trap metal Nu metal
Regional	Afroswing Bongo flava Boomba music Cumbia rap Genge Hip hop galsen Hipco Hiplife Igbo rap Kwaito Low bap Motswako Na mele paleoleo Nuyorican rap Romany hip hop Songo-salsa Scam rap Stronda Urban Pasifika Vigilante rap Zenji flava

Derivatives

Electronic	Breakbeat Baltimore club Florida breaks Ghetto house Ghettotech Glitch hop Grime Illbient Freestyle Wonky
Other	Funk carioca Reggaeton Alternative reggaeton

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North American	United States: East Coast Baltimore New Jersey New York City Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Midwestern Chicago Detroit Minneapolis/St. Paul Wisconsin Omaha Southern Atlanta Memphis Miami West Coast Northwest Alaska Asian American Latin Native American Outside the US: Canadian Cuban Dominican Haitian Mexican Salvadoran
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