Azerbaijani hip hop
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Azerbaijani hip hop or Azeri rap music is the musical genre which became popular in Azerbaijan
in mid 1990s. It's a mix of native meykhana
Azerbaijani music
genre with Western hip hop
. Similar to meykhana, it's performed by one or several people improvising on a particular subject, though accompanied by Western instead of national musical tones. According to Vahid Mustafayev, president of the Azerbaijan News Service, "Yesterday is Past" was the first Azeri rap song, created in 1983 by Chingiz Mustafayev, who would later become Azerbaijan's national hero for unrelated reasons.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
in mid 1990s. It's a mix of native meykhana
Meykhana
Meykhana is a distinctive Azerbaijani literary and folk rap tradition, consisting of an unaccompanied song performed by one or more people improvising on a particular subject...
Azerbaijani music
Music of Azerbaijan
Music of Azerbaijan builds on folk traditions that reach back nearly 1,000 years. For centuries Azerbaijani music has evolved under the badge of monody, producing rhythmically diverse melodies. Azerbaijani music has a branchy mode system, where chromatisation of major and minor scales is of great...
genre with Western hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
. Similar to meykhana, it's performed by one or several people improvising on a particular subject, though accompanied by Western instead of national musical tones. According to Vahid Mustafayev, president of the Azerbaijan News Service, "Yesterday is Past" was the first Azeri rap song, created in 1983 by Chingiz Mustafayev, who would later become Azerbaijan's national hero for unrelated reasons.
Notable artists
- H.O.S.T.
- Huseyn Derya
- DayirmanDayirmanDayirman is the first Azeri hip hop group. Based in Baku, Dayirman was founded in 1996 by four friends. The group's name is the Azeri word for "Windmill"...
- Elşad XoseElşad XoseElshad Aliyev , better known by his stagename Elşad Xose is an Azerbaijani rapper. He is the one of most commercially famous and influential Azerbaijani rappers.-Early career:...
- Anar Nagilbaz
External links
- Az-side.com, an Azerbaijani hip hop portal
- RapRock.Az, an Azerbaijani rap and rock portal