What is the difference between Rap and Hip-Hop?

Answer 1

Hip-Hop is the name of the culture. It includes DJ'ing (the beat, the music), B-Boying (the dance, also known as breakin), graffiti art (muralism, tags,) and Rap (the word, the voice). Rapping is what an emcee (mc, lyricist) does when he orates to the beat. Many schools of thought include the 5th element of knowledge, which in an overstanding of self, community, history, and divine purpose.

Answer 2

in short hip hop is a genre and rapping is words but...

answering your question in a different way - the difference between rap and hip hop. (2 genre's)

In my opinion (and others will argue) rap is the rubbish you hear all the time with lyrics about money, women, cars and being the greatest (Its always the same and its predictable and sometimes catchy and fun to dance to but its all crap and has no meaning and you get sick of the track pretty quick). These days alot of it has more club style beats and is overplayed.

e.g's are 50 cent. young jeezey, Lil Wayne, TI, (and in recent years) Kanye West, jay-z (once again very open to arguement)

Hip hop usually has a more laid back beat and the lyrics try to have meaning whether its meaning is clear or hard to find. sometimes it'll tell a story or just try to tell some truths or a theme. Its usually hard to dance to, because a lot of these songs beats are pretty chilled or a bit strange but the song never gets old. these are the songs you dont hear on the radio and should be on the radio and in my opinion.

eg's are A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, Mos Def, Common, Gang Starr, Pete Rock & CL smooth.

I get pissed off when people say they hate rap and hip hop but all they've heard is rap n think its the same thing when they r missing the good stuff.

I hope you find this insightful and ill be interested to see what other people think.