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.