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Aug 15, 2023 · For decades, hip-hop was regulated to New York, even though its musical stylings traveled to neighboring cities such as Boston and Philadelphia. In those cities, hip-hop was a cultural production of the city’s individual sound and history, rather than that of an entire region.
Aug 10, 2023 · SUMMERS: All week, to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop, we're looking at key moments that helped define the genre. Today, the birth of trap music and the rise of Southern rap.
- Noah Caldwell
Southern hip hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or dirty south, is a blanket term for a regional genre of American hip hop music that emerged in the Southern United States, especially in Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Memphis, and Miami —five cities which constitute the "Southern Network" in rap music.
Aug 3, 2020 · Southern rappers' contributions to the genre have long been underestimated in favor of coastal hegemony – but the region has long steered the sound of hip-hop and deserves its story told in full.
- Briana Younger
Southern hip hop, also known as Dirty South, is a cool music genre that started in the Southern United States around the 1990s. It's a kind of hip hop that's got its own unique flavor. It's like a tasty gumbo of sounds including soulful singing, heavy bass beats, and quick, clever rap lyrics. This music style is all about storytelling.
To mark hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, press play on the playlist below, or head to Amazon Music, Apple Music and Pandora for a crash course in this quintessential stateside artform — further proof of the genius of Black American music.
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Aug 7, 2020 · The last 20 years offered proof of power, as Southern hip-hop launched crunk, snap and trap — three sub-genres that have taken turns dictating and dominating the sound of popular music.
