The term hip hop or hip-hop refers both to a musical and political movement that has developed predominantly over the last quarter-century. Since first emerging in New York City in the seventies, hip-hop has grown to encompass not just music, but an entire lifestyle that consistently incorporates diverse elements of ethnicity, technology and urban life.

Rap may refer to:

* Hip hop music, a musical genre also known as rap music or simply rap.
* Rapcore, fusion of rap and punk or heavy metal. Used to refer to the substyles of rap-rock and rap-metal.
* Pop rap, (sometimes referred to as hip pop) is is the name given to a style of hip hop that has a strong pop music influences.
* Rapping (MCing), a form of rhythmically delivered rhyming lyrics; one of the four elements of hip hop culture.
* List of rappers.