How to Use hip-hop in a Sentence
hip-hop
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In hip-hop, as in life, women are the past, the present and the future.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023
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What’s the most annoying hip-hop trend of the last 50 years, and why?
—Spin Staff, Spin, 15 Sep. 2023
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In the chameleonic world of hip-hop, Slim Shady is the hottest thing going.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
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The hip-hop artist faced a maximum of 22 years and eight months in prison.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
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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
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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
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And more than little bit of Old-school funk/R&B/hip-hop.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 22 Dec. 2023
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So, will hip-hop be fine without Drake for the next year or two?
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2023
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The lively hip-hop, pop track sets the stage for P1Harmony's next journey.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
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The place that hip-hop is in right now is a terrible place.
—Delisa Shannon, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
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The South Bronx is known as the birthplace of hip-hop and graffiti.
—Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 20 Apr. 2024
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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
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Dan Lewis, 45, one of the crew leaders, DJs a '90s hip-hop set for every home game.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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Despite the outrage of right-wingers over the performance, hip-hop was in the house.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
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But there’s also a punk scene and an art scene and a hip-hop scene that’s amazing.
—Vulture, 9 June 2023
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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
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And part of that was because Robert Christgau loved hip-hop.
—Tricia Romano, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2024
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The new track finds the hip-hop star singing over a soft instrumental.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2024
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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
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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
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The tour will be supported by hip-hop duo Run the Jewels.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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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
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Rock music and hip-hop ruled the top 40 charts and thus, radio stations.
—Daniel Kohn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
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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
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The conscious substance, that type of hip-hop is seldom heard now.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
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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
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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
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In the '90s, post-bop, hard bop jazz recordings are the foundation of hip-hop sampling.
—The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
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The full-length has now spent an astonishing 534 weeks on the all-genre ranking, a rare feat for a hip-hop album.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Drake would obviously love at this point to put the entire Kendrick Lamar feud of the past year behind him and resume his status as one of the top dogs in both hip-hop and pop.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2025
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