Rap music was the earliest and most influential form of remix, but the practice of using digital technology to sample and recombine elements from earlier productions now extends to a variety of media (and multi- media) forms, including music, video, static images, and text. As Larry Lessig (2008) pointed out, remix—especially the mixing of borrowed video with recorded music—has now become a means of expression for a large population of (generally) young amateur digital producers.  

Rap as remix

JAY-Z's Hard Knock Life (1998), an excellent example of rap as remix. ​

Blondie's Rapture (1980) was an early example of the "mainstreaming" of rap.

Mariah Carey's Fantasy (1995), a later example of the integration of pop and rap.

Remix culture

Larry Lessig's Ted Talk on Creativity and Remix 

The remix trailer for Sleepless in Seattle as a stalker film.

Media theorist Henry Jenkins on participatory culture

One of the Downfall remix videos: Hitler informed that parody videos are considered fair use. This is an ironically self-referential instance of this parody genre.

Good musicians copy; great musicians remix

Brett Gaylor’s RIP! Right to Remix Manifesto (2008), a documentary.

Remix artist Girl Talk's live performance in New York City in 2017.

Remix and modernism

Imagine This, a political mashup