What do you associate with hip-hop?

This is something that has interested me for a while. When you think of hip-hop what and/or who do associate with the genre of music?

Black culture
Ill fitting pants
Big white ankle trainers with the tongues hanging out
Mc Hammer

Heavily allusive, wildly creative lyrics. Beats and sample-collages that put most industrial bands to shame.

The Fresh Prince of Bellaire.