'''Belgian hip hop music''' has a few [[rapper]]s stemming from [[Africa]], [[Italy]] and even [[Russia]]. [[Belgium]], like [[France]], controlled [[Africa]]n countries like the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (formerly Zaire), [[Rwanda]], and [[Burundi]] until the early 1960s. Like in France, [[Immigration|immigrants]] from these countries started to study and live in [[Belgium]].

The Belgian [[hip hop music|hip hop]] scene started in the late 1980s with a U.S.-based [[techno music|techno]]/hip hop group called [[Technotronic]]. In the group was an emcee named [[Ya Kid K]] from the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] who later led the group into international fame with hits like "Pump up the Jam" and "Shake That Body". In 1990, she also joined the group Hi-Tek 3 who were heard on the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' movie [[soundtrack]].

However, the first major pop rapper from Belgium was [[Benny B]], who had a very mainstream and commercial sound. According to the [[European Music Office]]'s report on ''Music in Europe'', this was the first of many pop acts that helped inspire a backlash and the creation of an underground hip hop scene [http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/MIE/Part2_chapter08.html].

In the early 1990s the [[Brussels]]' rap crew [[De Puta Madre]] started rapping in French and Spanish. They became an [[Underground culture|underground]] success and are still highly respected in the Belgian hip hop scene.

In the late 1990s, [[Rwanda]]n hip hop pioneer J.C. Matata moved to Belgium and created a hip hop/[[reggae]]/[[zouk]] group called [[ZAMZAM]].

Also in the late 1990s in the [[Wallonia|Walloon south]] of the country, French speaking/rapping [[Starflam]] was the biggest name in hip hop. In the [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[north]] Dutch speaking/rapping groups like [['t Hof van Commerce]], St Andries MC's, and ABN were popular, rapping in their regional [[dialect]]s. One of the most promising bands in 2006 seems to be Last Prophecy.


==List of Belgian hip hop musicians==
Others (DJs, MCs and crews):
*Kardash (http://www.myspace.com/kardash001)
*'t Hof Van Commerce
*ABN (http://www.a-b-n.be)
*Pita[Media:http://www.pitaonline.be/]
*Equal[http://www.equal-music.com]
*R.J.Equal[http://www.equal-music.com]
*DJ Money p (http://www.moneyp.biz)
*Afterhours
*BOSS MC
*Caveman Speak
*CNN199 (Souterrain)
*Dave Krewcial
*DJ Grazzhoppa
*[[Laco$te]] (http://www.eurotrashforever.com)
*Dontcha
*Ertug
*James Deano
*Rival (Souterrain)
*Pitcho (Souterrain)
*La Zone (Salgueul)
*Last Prophecy
*Lux Ortiz
*MR.R
*DJ Lefto
*Killa Tactics
*Snatch Pacino (salgueul)
*Starflam
*Jizz (King of 2060)
*Les Gars du H
*DJ TLP
*BD Banx
*Za(Les Gars du H)
*Walter Ego (http://www.walterego.be)
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