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Amapiano, a Zulu or Xhosa word loosely translated to "the pianos", is a subgenre of house music that emerged in South Africa in the mid-2010s.

It is a hybrid of deep house, jazz, and lounge music characterised by synths and wide percussive basslines.

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly known as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that was originated in the Bronx borough of New York City in the early 1970s by African Americans, having existed for several years prior to mainstream discovery.

Hip hop originated as an anti-drug and anti-violence genre, while consisting of stylized rhythmic music (usually built around drum beats) that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.

According to the professor Asante of African American studies at Temple University, "hip hop is something that blacks can unequivocally claim as their own".

It was developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti art.

Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records (or synthesized beats and sounds), and rhythmic beatboxing.

While often used to refer solely to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture.

The term hip hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music, though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip hop culture, including DJing, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.

Maskandi is a form of Zulu folk music, originally associated with migrant workers, that is evolving with South African society.

Often characterised by a picking guitar style which draws on a variety of historical influences it also has an important social function with players being given sanction to publicly criticise powerful people.

Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

It has its roots in African-American gospel music and rhythm and blues.

Soul music became popular for dancing and listening, where U.S. record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement.

Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock music and the music of Africa.

It also had a resurgence with artists like Erykah Badu under the genre neo-soul.

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced.

Rock and pop music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which pop became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible.