Azerbaijani hip hop or Azeri rap music (Azerbaijani: Azəri rep musiqisi) is the musical genre which became popular in Azerbaijan in mid 1990s. It's a mix of native meykhana Azerbaijani music genre with Western hip hop. Similar to meykhana, it's performed by one or several people improvising on a particular subject, though accompanied by Western instead of national musical tones. In 1983, "Yesterday is Past" become first Azeri rap record, created by Azerbaijan's national hero Chingiz Mustafayev.^[1]

[edit] Notable artists

• Dayirman
• Elşad Xose
• Anar Nagilbaz

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Az-side.com, an Azerbaijani hip hop portal

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