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{{Short description|Liberian rap music genre}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name = Hipco
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| etymology =
| other_names = HipCo
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| caption = [[Takun J]], a famous Hipco artist.
| stylistic_origins = [[Hip hop]]
| cultural_origins = [[Liberian culture|Liberia]]
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'''Hipco''', also referred to as '''HipCo''' or '''co
==History==
Rap and pop music are also performed in indigenous languages across the country, with a generation of artists creating their own style of uniquely Liberian rap music called Hipco (or "Co"). Hipco is usually performed in Liberian English or the local vernacular, using the style of communication with which Liberians speak and relate to each other. Hipco evolved in the 1980s and has always had a social and political bent. In the 1990s it continued to develop through the [[Liberian Civil War (disambiguation)|civil wars]], and today stands as a definitive mark of [[Culture of Liberia#Music|Liberian culture]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Christopher Giamo|publisher=Together Liberia|url= http://togetherliberia.org/takun-j-hip-co-liberia/|title=Takun J – Hip-Co in Liberia |date=24 June 2011|
The "co" in the genre is short of the Liberian dialect [[Kolokwa]], which according to the ''Washington Post,'' "the Liberian underclass has been improvising since the early 19th century, blending the English brought by 19,000 ex-slaves with words from about 15 native tongues to attain a soft-sounding patois. Kolokwa is 99 percent an oral language — as yet, there is not a single full book in the dialect — and it is all but incomprehensible to the American ear. In Liberia, the cultural elite
== Artists ==
Among high-profile Hipco artists are
[[UNICEF]] has worked with Hipco artists to release Hipco songs on [[Ebola]] prevention, with several of the songs becoming popular on radio in the country in 2014.<ref name=FootnoteA>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/21/world/ebola-entertainment-education/index.html |title=Using music to fight Ebola in Liberia |last=Cullinane |first=Susannah |date=October 21, 2014 |website=www.cnn.com |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=March 18, 2019}}</ref> The [[Liberia Music Awards]] have a HipCo Artist of the Year category.<ref name=FootnoteD>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/liberia-music-awards-2018-full-list-winners |title=Liberia Music Awards 2018: Full list of winners
▲[[UNICEF]] has worked with Hipco artists to release Hipco songs on [[Ebola]] prevention, with several of the songs becoming popular on radio in the country in 2014.<ref name=FootnoteA>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/21/world/ebola-entertainment-education/index.html |title=Using music to fight Ebola in Liberia |last=Cullinane |first=Susannah |date=October 21, 2014 |website=www.cnn.com |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=March 18, 2019}}</ref> The [[Liberia Music Awards]] have a HipCo Artist of the Year category.<ref name=FootnoteD>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/liberia-music-awards-2018-full-list-winners |title=Liberia Music Awards 2018: Full list of winners |last= |first= |date=December 23, 2018 |website=www.musicinafrica.net |publisher=[[Music in Africa]] |access-date=March 18, 2019}}</ref> The [[Liberian Entertainment Awards]] do as well.
== See also ==
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