Similarities between Rap and Hip hop

Hip-hop and rap music might be perceived as the same. However, they are not. Actually rap is one kind of hip-hop music. Rap is the combination of lyrics and fast-paced music. Hip-hop, on the other hand is better described as culture, not just music. They both were first ever used by Kool Herc, a Jamaican DJ who was inspired in the first place by West-African folk poets. This music movement started spreading all over the zone quickly.

	Rap	Hip hop
Origins	Rap as such originated in the U.S. Specifically speaking, it was born in the guetto areas of Midwest U.S, somewhere between the late 80s and early 90s.	Hip-Hop is original from New York. It was in the early 80s in the Bronx where some minorities as Latins and Afro-Americans began shaping this new culture.
Music	Rap music is conformed of some sharp wordplay. It can also somehow be poetic. It uses rhyming stanzas and assonances. It is usually serious although its tone is versatile.	Hip-Hop music involves elements such as poetry wordplay with rhyming stanzas and assonances. Its tone is more banging. There can be slow tones, fast paced tones and everything in between.
Social topics	It talks about social matters such as drugs, sex, promiscuity, money, luxuries, politics and others.	The social matters that Hip-Hop touches are pretty much the same as rap.
Features	Rhymes and poetry. A fast-paced music beat. As for dancing, there can be twerking, nae nae, yeet and others.	DJs, breakdance, specific fashion and slang. Also beatbox, graffiti and R&B. There is also breakdancing, which basically involves complicated dance routines.
Instruments or accessories used	Voice, microphone, turntable, drums, drum machine, bass.	Microphone, voice, bass and drums.
Popular examples	Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Eminem, Three 6 Mafia, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Tupac, T.I, Lil Jon and others.	Kanye West, Mac Miller, Kid cudi, Snoop Dogg, Notorious Big, Jay-Z, Wiz Khalifa, Nicky Minaj and others.