The Polish hip hop scene began in 1990, when American pop-rappers like MC Hammer ("Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em") and Vanilla Ice ("To the Extreme") were popular. The first album by a Polish performer was "East on the Mic" by PM Cool Lee , which featured two songs in the Polish language. Lee was from Kielce, but Warsaw soon emerged as a center for hip hop, after KOLOR , a radio station, began broadcasting Kolor Shock , hosted by Bogna Świštkowska and DJ Volt , whose crew, IKHZ , became perfoming stars in their own right in 1995. Volt also founded the first Polish independent hip hop label, Beat Records . Though the label didn't last long, it did introduce groups like Trzyha and Molesta . In Poznan, PH Kopalnia 's Polski Rap - Zakazane Piosenki (Polish rap - Forbidden Songs).

Now known as Liroy, the former PM Cool Lee released Albóóm in 1995, which included the hit "Scyzoryk".

List of performers

• Liroy (Kielce)
• Wzgorze Ya-Pa3 (Kielce)
• Grammatik
• Fenomen (Warszawa)
• Tede
• Kaliber 44
• Paktofonika
• Rubato
• K.A.S.T.A. (Wroclaw)
• Borixon
• O.S.T.R. (Lodz)
• Fisz
• Łona
• Slums Attack (Poznan)
• 600V
• 3X Klan
• Pijani Powietrzem
• Molesta
• Pezet
• Red
• Thinkadelik
• TeHaeR