A hip hop skit is a form of sketch comedy that appears on a hip hop album, and is usually written and performed by the artists themselves. Skits can appear on albums as individual tracks, or at the beginning or end of a song. Some skits are part of concept albums and contribute to an album's concept. Skits also occasionally appear on albums of other genres.

It is also to be noted that 'the hip-hop skit' was more or less pioneered by De La Soul and their producer Prince Paul who incorporated many skits on their 1989 debut album 3 Feet High and Rising.

Some skits by certain artists have the same theme throughout. For example, Eminem regularly has conversations with his manager Paul Rosenberg. Hip hop and trip hop french producer Wax Tailor also uses skits on each album, mixing beats with 50's movies cuts.

Some common themes are: telephone conversations or voicemail messages, sexual acts or the sexuality of the artists, criminal acts, being harassed, harassing others, living in the ghetto, intoxication, ridicule of other artists and ridicule of the performing artists. Another popular motif features young children, frequently of the artist, inappropriately using adult language and/or introducing the next track on the album. It is becoming more popular for skits to feature cameo appearances of other hip hop artists and comedians.