Hip Hop and Rap music are almost synonymous terms, and both musical styles are the creation of the Black American communities. Although a relatively new art form in terms of its popularity and increasingly growing following, Hip Hop and Rap does boast a history that goes back a few decades in the USA.


New York City is considered the birthplace East Coast Hip Hop and largely responsible for this music enjoying a more mainstream fan base. Popular performing artists like Run-D.M.C and Big Daddy Kane are upheld as significantly broadening the Hip Hop Audience. West Coast Hip Hop music enjoyed favour from the 1980s onward. Further popularity for Hip Hop was gained when artists from the Southern States turned to independently governed music labels to record and publicize their work. Since then Hip Hop has gained momentum and popularity across many cultures and continues to breed new generations of artists. In addition, more and more female Hip Hop artistes are gracing the scene, and this too attracts a new fan base amongst male and female Hip Hop music lovers worldwide.

Hip Hop is a very active scene with new songs being released with regularity. It's also one of the musical genres that favours collaboration, so many artist join with one another to record tracks. Keeping up with what's new on the Hip Hop scene is easily done on the Internet. And you can Download New Hip Hop Songs on the net to keep abreast of what's the next big thing in this fast evolving musical scene.