ChalgaChalga is a popular Balcanic Pop-folk music genre. Chalga is essentially a folk-inspired dance music genre, with a blend of Bulgarian, Greek, Serbian, Arabic, Turkish and Romanian music. It is known for repeating musical themes and dance rhythms.

The Bulgarian hip hop culture development and influence is divided into

two main periods. "The

First Wave" ran from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. This

period is known with its underground rap and quite

unfamiliar breakdancing

crews, few graffiti artist

and almost no DJs.

And DJ Stancho,

Spens and Slim and

their label Sniper

Records.

Prominent artists from this time are Misho Shamara with his

Frontline Hustle label

"The Second Wave" from 1999 to nowadays was a big time success in

comparison to the first one.

East vs. WestThose two labels were quite

controversial in terms of "real hip-hop", sampling and mostly which is "the

better one".

This east-west conflict was mimicking the US hip-hop scene only for commercial

reasons.