Croatian hip hop

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Croatian hip hop
Stylistic origins	urban, dance-pop, comedy hip hop, trap, alternative rock, drill, folk-pop
Cultural origins	Mid to late-1990s, Croatia
Typical instruments	Turntable, synthesizer, rapping, drum machine, sampler, guitar
Derivative forms	West Coast hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Other topics
Drum and bass, dubstep

Croatian hip hop

developing its own hip hop style.

Origins

During the 1980s in

in Yugoslavia.

In the middle of the 1980s in

Slavin Balen formed a radio show that played hip hop music called Rap Attack.

Development of the style in the 1990s

In 1992

The same year MC Buffalo & Maderfa'N'kerz released their debut album Made in Rijeka, including a track titled Moja Domovnica, a parody of Moja domovina that was banned in Croatia.

Zagreb-based radio station Radio 101 launched a show called Blackout Project in 1993, which popularized hip-hop. alongside Rap Attack.

In 1997, the Croatian rap group from Zagreb called

-based band The Beet Fleet released their first album "Ping-Pong" in 1997, which was unofficially the first complete hip-hop/rap album in Croatia.

Croatian hip hop thematised social problems caused by the economic downturn and perceived government corruption. The 1990s saw a high point in the popularity of Croatian hip-hop, but it was less pronounced than that of new wave in the previous decade.^{[needs update]}

Modern-day Croatian hip hop

By the end of the 1990s, the electronic/dance music in Croatia suffered its demise and the

started dominating the music scene. In the early 2000s,

In 2011, another Split-based hip hop band called "Dječaci" released their second album called "The truth" which made them one of the most popular bands in Croatia. They also gained popularity in the neighbouring countries. ^[needs update]

In the mid-2010's appears wave of trap music, especially led by groups High5 and KUKU$, who them many often cite as pioneers of the genre itself in Croatia.^[6] The most notable artists in that era of 2010s and 2020s are: Vojko V, BUNTAI, Grše, 30zona, Dino Blunt, z++, Krankšvester, TTM, Bore Balboa, Podočnjaci and Baks, as well as members of the KUKU$ itself with their solo careers: Hiljson Mandela and Goca R.I.P.

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