Nepalese hip-hop

{{short description|Form of dance and music in Nepal}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

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'''Nep-hop''' is the Nepalese form of hip-hop. Its major elements include alternative hip hop, avant-garde hip hop, breakbeat, freestyling and DJing. Rap culture was introduced in Nepal through electronic DJs mixing the classical Nepalese songs with the Western urban style in the early eighties. Later, it took the form of artists releasing songs with commercial beats in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Budathoki |first=Arun |title=Beats in the Himalayas: The Rise of Nepali Hip Hop |url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/beats-in-the-himalayas-the-rise-of-nepali-hip-hop/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=The Diplomat |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Notable people == * Yama Buddha * Girish Khatiwada * VTEN * Laure (Nepalese rapper) * Pranil L Timalsena * Nirnaya Shrestha * Manas Ghale * Balen

== See also == * Music of Nepal

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== External links == {{hiphop}}

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