Genre Conventions

The rap genre is usually stereotyped to be street based music, and the artists usually where in formal clothing such as hoodies, baggy jeans etc...

Costume:

Rap artists usually wear hoodies, sweatshirts and baggy jeans etc.... also they usually where dark clothes.




They also usually where snapback hats, or baseball caps this is because this has been influenced by the street part of rap.

Setting:

A typical setting for the rap genre is an empty abandoned building in a city with a skyline backdrop this is because of the street influence, another place a rap song music video might be set is the street in a run town part of a town/city.