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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
But my pick for the best hip-hop showcase of the season remains T-Pain's Wiscansin Fest.
— Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024 -
Country doesn’t have a lot of the energy of, like, a Travis Scott show, or some of the big hip-hop acts that go in just raging.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 2 May 2024 -
It only got put up on YouTube on Tommy Boy [the hip-hop platform] four years ago.
— Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023 -
The former featured a host of seasoned R&B and jazz vets, young hip-hop stars and even a guest shot by Marlon Brando.
— Chris Morris, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 -
That three-album run solidified Tyler as one of hip-hop’s best mainstream album-makers and world-builders, and fans were willing to show up for him – even if that meant waking up early on a Monday morning.
— Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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