Hip hop is quite a new style of music for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but it has nevertheless proven very popular. The scene has coalesced around several major portals on the Internet. The center of hip hop and hip hop culture being Tuzla, thanks to FMJAM and their crew, with the big help of Edo Maajka.
In the late 80's, a rapper emerged name "Elvir reper", who never recorder any songs, but did actively engage in rapping and is credited as introducing hip hop material from popular American hip hop acts at that time.[1] Because of the war in Bosnia in 1992, hip hop stopped for a while, only to be revived by what has become known as the second wave of hip hop.[2] Artists such as Crni Zvuk, Kwonel and Mc Fudo emerged with numerous demo songs, played on radios, concerts, and became popular around their town of Tuzla.[3].
Numerous attempts and limited exposure on radio was a problem for this artists until 1999, when dj Soul and Erol created the first Bosnian hip hop station Fmjam.[4][5].
With the help of fmjam, the first songs were produced in a studio.[6] After numerous shows, fmjam helps create the hip hop group Disciplinska Komisija, with the lead rapper Edo Maajka, who would lead the revival movement in Bosnian hip hop.[7]
A little later fmjam establishes themselves enough to be able to create a website, on which a number of demo songs were released on.[8] With these demo songs and the organization that fmjam provided, Bosnian hip hop for the first time had a organization to rely on to have the resources available to provide for future acts and organize concerts and hip hop gatherings for the youth.[9]
Although fmjam played a large role in organizing Bosnian hip hop, it is recognized by the majority of media that Edo Maajka was the artist, with his 2002 debut album, that introduced hip hop to the majority of Bosnia, thus allowing fmjam to continue their work.[10]