Chicago hip-hop

Chicago hip hop is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in Chicago in the late 1980s in the form of hip house. It became commonplace for serious rappers to cite the Nation of Islam, a Black Muslim organization headquartered in Chicago, as a lyrical and ideological influence in the 1980s and 1990s, a rap theme often resulting in controversy. In the 2000s, Chicago produced artists such as Kanye West and Common.

In the 2010s, drill music became popular in Chicago. Influenced by trap music and gangsta rap it originated on Chicago’s South Side. Chicago's long-standing hip hop community has included graffiti artists, breakdancers, activists, hip hop writers, rappers and hip hop producers.