Country rap, also known as hick hop, hill hop or hip hopry, is a subgenre of popular music blending country music with hip-hop music style rapping. The genre has been identified as a genre for about twenty years.
Artists noted for practising this genre include Boondox, Bubba sparoxx,cowboy troy,Nappy roots and colt fort.
Music journalist Chuck Eddy, in The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll, traces the genre's roots back Woody guthrie.
Certain individual country music songs shows a hip-hop influence such as toby keiths's singles "Getcha Some" and "T Wanna Talk about Me," which feature spoken-word verses recited over an insistent rhythm.The same style applies to The Bellamy Brothers' 1987 single "Country Rap." Neal MCcoy has also recorded a hip hop version of the theme song of The Beverly hillbillies called "Hillbilly Rap," which includes samples from other hip hop songs.
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