Hip Hop Music of Norway

Hip hop music is a genre of rhythmic music which is frequently accompanied by rapping. The hip hop was introduced to Norway in the summer of 1984 with the movie Beat Street which was shown in Norwegian cinemas. The hip hop later became a small but eager subculture and it increased from breakdance and graffiti culture to rap music. In the 1980s and 1990s Norwegian rap was based on English and the Norwegian hip hop scene was heavily influenced by the American one. In the beginning of the 21^st century, many musicians began to use Norwegian instead of English, and also rapping in diverse Norwegian languages began to become general. The ensemble known as Tungtvann was one of the first that rapped in their dialect. In the mid-2000s, hip hop became a more normal genre, and many of the young people began to ask question about the hip hop while the modern and avant-garde groups like Side Brok appeared. And later on multilingual and multicultural Norwegian groups with minority backgrounds such as Minoeritet and Karpe Diem have achieved in becoming famous.

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Other famous hip hop musicians and orchestras in Norway include Tommy Tee, Warlocks, Stella Mwangi, Gatas Parlament, Klovner i Kamp, Erik og Kriss, Paperboys, Jaa9 & OnkelP, Madcon and Thomax. Tommy Tee who is known as the godfather of Norwegian hip hop and he is the owner of the leading Norwegian hip hop label Tee productions suited in Oslo. In 1992 Madcon, a Norwegian hip hop and reggae duo was initiated. They achieved more and more popularity during the last year and are now popular internationally and outside Europe.

The festival of hip hop music was found, though it is not only for hip hop, a hop hip festival which is known as Bergenfest do take place in every year in the Bergenhus Festning in Bergen, Norway.