Turkish Hip Hop
Turkish hip hop is rap music in the Turkish language, which began among Turkish communities in Germany and later grew a large scene in Turkey.
Children of Turkish migrant workers in German cities started rapping in Turkish in the early 1990s, and the group Cartel brought the style to wide attention in 1995. Producers often sample or imitate Turkish folk and arabesk melodies over hip hop beats. The style then took hold in Turkey, mainly in Istanbul and Ankara, and newer rappers such as Ezhel have added trap to the sound.
Artists it is known for: Cartel, Ceza, Sagopa Kajmer, Ezhel.
- Family
- Turkish
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A scene
- From
- Germany, early 1990s
- Also called
- Türkçe rap, Turkish rap
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 2%
About 1,900 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have turkish hip hop among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Turkish Hip Hop artists
Motive
UZI
Yung Ouzo
Ati242
Şam
Lvbel C5
Wegh
BLOK3
Ufo361
EzhelThe turkish hip hop artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.