How to Use hip-hop in a Sentence

hip-hop

noun
  • In hip-hop, as in life, women are the past, the present and the future.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023
  • What’s the most annoying hip-hop trend of the last 50 years, and why?
    — Spin Staff, Spin, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In the chameleonic world of hip-hop, Slim Shady is the hottest thing going.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
  • The hip-hop artist faced a maximum of 22 years and eight months in prison.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In lieu of a red carpet, guests walked a three-lane track to a playlist of hip-hop hits.
    — Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 25 July 2024
  • As a teen girl in the early 2000s, I was shaped by hip-hop music videos of the era.
    — Janice Llamoca, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • And more than little bit of Old-school funk/R&B/hip-hop.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 22 Dec. 2023
  • So, will hip-hop be fine without Drake for the next year or two?
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The lively hip-hop, pop track sets the stage for P1Harmony's next journey.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • The place that hip-hop is in right now is a terrible place.
    — Delisa Shannon, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The South Bronx is known as the birthplace of hip-hop and graffiti.
    — Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Sparks began to fly when the two artists were asked for their thoughts on the current state of hip-hop.
    — Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Dan Lewis, 45, one of the crew leaders, DJs a '90s hip-hop set for every home game.
    — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Despite the outrage of right-wingers over the performance, hip-hop was in the house.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
  • But there’s also a punk scene and an art scene and a hip-hop scene that’s amazing.
    — Vulture, 9 June 2023
  • As several songs from the hip-hop icon, 58, played, Usher joined him in the crowd to sing and dance along to the beats.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • And part of that was because Robert Christgau loved hip-hop.
    — Tricia Romano, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The new track finds the hip-hop star singing over a soft instrumental.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2024
  • The result was a soulful and at times comedic ride through his life but viewed through a hip-hop lens.
    — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 13 Mar. 2024
  • That’s why Brian and I could take hip-hop songs and put them in there and then drop the dubstep bass line.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The tour will be supported by hip-hop duo Run the Jewels.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • For years now, one of hip-hop’s most common debates has been: Who is the next Kendrick Lamar?
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • As hip-hop myths go, the project is on the same cupboard as Detox and other would-be albums.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Rock music and hip-hop ruled the top 40 charts and thus, radio stations.
    — Daniel Kohn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • At the time, Sunday night at the Tunnel was the most important night in hip-hop nightlife, and Chris ran it.
    — Dante Ross, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The conscious substance, that type of hip-hop is seldom heard now.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
  • From the early days of jazz and blues to the rise of rock 'n' roll and hip-hop, women have made their mark on every genre.
    — Monika Ilieva, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Still, the Gap Band’s funk and R&B sound helped give rise to an entirely new genre of music: hip-hop.
    — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • In the '90s, post-bop, hard bop jazz recordings are the foundation of hip-hop sampling.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Dallas rapper Yella Beezy has been arrested and accused of arranging a murder-for-hire in the death of a fellow hip-hop artist.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025

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