Originally Posted by Tristan_Geoff

hip hop is the mainstream genre right now which is wild to me, surpassing even most pop music in popularity! there are so many different directions it takes as a genre, especially when you get down to how it's made in other countries.

Grime is pretty cool in the UK

Funk Carioca in Brazil

Memphis Rap, while not centered in Memphis Tennessee anymore it's still in a revival period

idk I could go on, there's so much out there that's either being recorded or has been released since hip hop started in the late 70s in new york or even if you consider older singles as hip hop that predated the style