Irish rap

Irish hip-hop, also known as Irish rap, is a term for any hip-hop music produced and performed by a person who was born or grew up in Ireland. This genre is made up of a variety of subgenres such as Irish grime/drill, Irish language rap, alternative rap and Irish trap.

Irish hip-hop originated in the early 1990s being influenced by the 1970s movement for hip-hop in New York. The original Irish hip-hop was politically driven due to the tension of The Troubles in the early 1990s, and mixed music styles of both traditional music and Rudeboy Dancehall. Irish rap genres, such as drill and grime, are mainly influenced by UK rap while alt-rap and Irish hip-hop have a greater influence from the US. Irish rap is mainly listened to by people in Ireland and to a lesser extent people in the UK.