Musical Style
Northwest hip hop music is a very diverse genre, owing to the high cultural diversity in this region, mixing elements from various genres of music to form a sound unique from its southern neighbor, West Coast hip hop. For many years the rap scene in this region existed mainly as an underground genre, but recently Northwest hip-hop has seen more and more mainstream acceptance, with artists such as the Blue Scholars, Macklemore, and Common Market, gaining nationwide attention.
Although hip-hop culture developed separately in the Seattle and Portland areas, as well as Spokane, Washington, Eastern Washington, and Vancouver, hip-hop music in these regions tends to share socially conscious and radio friendly characteristics.
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