History of Hip-Hop in Ukraine
Ukrainian hip hop
is a major part of the
Ukrainian music
scene. Refers to all genres of
hip hop music
in the
Ukrainian language
. The term
Ukr-hop
is also sometimes used to refer to any
hip hop music
made by
Ukrainians
, including instrumental hip hop, as well as rap songs by members of the
Ukrainian diaspora
.
History
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In
Ukraine
hip hop began to develop in the 1990s. In 1989 started their activities two biggest hip hop groups at that time -
TNMK
and V.U.Z.V. The pioneers of Ukrainian hip hop were
TNMK
(
Kharkiv
), V.U.Z.V (
Kyiv
), Osnovnyy Pokaznyk (
Luts'k
),
Tartak
(
Lviv
) and
GreenJolly
(
Ivano-Frankivs'k
). At the end of the 1990s and beginning of the 2000s, audience considered
Kharkiv
and
Lviv
as the main center of the Ukra.hop subculture. Many groups successfully performed at festivals such as
Chervona Ruta
and Tavriyski Ihry. At the mid-2000s a lot of underground bands and artists from another
cities in Ukraine
began to appear and became popular:
DaHok
(
Drohobych
), Zах?дна Коал?ц?я (
Stryi
),
Kryzhyk
(
Uman
),
Sheksta
(
Stryi
),
Sirius MC
(
Kalush
) and
Freel
(
Kyiv
).
In 2005, Ukraine's entrant in the
Eurovision Song Contest
,
GreenJolly
's "
Together We Are Many
", was also the unofficial anthem of the
Orange Revolution
. Eurovision demanded the lyrics to be changed for the contest (because it did not correspond to contests rules due to political content). Also this song was remade by
Polish hip hop
artists.
In 2008 hip hop group
LEZO
released their fourth studio album, Hostroslovy (
Ukrainian
: Гострослови). Many critics consider it one of the best in Ukrainian hip-hop industry. The same year KyLЯ and RYLEZ created group
Tulym
? one of the most successful Ukrainian
boom bap
group.
March 11, 2011, Ukrainian rapper
Ivan Buyan
presented his first music video filmed in
New York City
.
June 19, 2014,
PVNCH
presented their new album - Holodnyi (
Ukrainian
: Голодний, translation: Hungry). According to voting results Holodnyi was named the best hip-hop album of 2014. April 18, 2015,
Tulym
from
Kyiv
had a concert with legendary hip-hop band from
New York City
?
Onyx
in
Sofia
,
Bulgaria
.
Ukrainian hip hop also has the only rapper in hip hop History named NazareN real name Nazar Kotovych or (NazareN Tha Prophet) that raps in four languages with no accent sometimes mixing the languages together when rapping giving a unique sound that has not been done by any other artist.
Style
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Musically, Ukrainian hip hop is heavily influenced by
Jamaican reggae
and
Ukrainian folk music
, resulting a very tuneful and mellow sound, which makes it quite different from both Russian and American counterparts. There has been an increase in the population of
West Africans
in Ukraine, and hip hop events have reflected musical trends popular in West Africa.
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Famous rappers
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Biggest rap battles
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- Banderstadt Battle (VERSUS) -
Lviv
- Red Bull Battle -
Kyiv
See also
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References
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