Singapore hip-hop

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Singapore hip hop is a collective of hip hop music, graffiti arts, deejaying/turntablism, break dancing and beatboxing, which are performed by hip hop enthusiasts who are of Singapore-born mainly from the four main ethnic categories or "races": the Chinese, Malays, Indians and Eurasians. This movement began in the mid-1980s, influenced significantly by Singapore's role as an international port that facilitated cultural exchanges, notably with the United States where hip hop originated.^{[citation needed]}

Rap music is released in Singapore mainly in English and in different languages such as Chinese, Malay and Tamil.^[1] Malay language hip-hop made among the aforementioned Malay population is the most notable and famous subculture within Singaporean hip-hop whose fanbases extend beyond them– one act from this, Ahli Fiqir, is well-known even in neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia.^[2][3]