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This category includes hip hop artists and groups from the southern United States who either have been instrumental to the subgenre, have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label, but not limited to such), or have gained significant critical acclaim.
Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, starting in the Bronx, New York City. Pioneered from Black American street culture, that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery, it later reached other groups such as Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans.
The culture of the Southern United States, Southern culture, or Southern heritage, is a subculture of the United States. From its many cultural influences, the South developed its own unique customs, dialects, arts, literature, cuisine, dance, and music. [2] The combination of its unique history and the fact that many Southerners maintain—and ...
O southern hip hop (en galego: hip hop sureño), tamén coñecido como southern rap, south coast hip hop ou dirty south, é un termo xeral para un subxénero rexional da música hip hop estadounidense que xurdiu no sur dos Estados Unidos, especialmente en Atlanta, Nova Orleans, Houston e Memphis e Miami, cinco cidades que constitúen a "rede do sur" na música rap.
This backing music, which can include digital sampling (music and sounds extracted from other recordings by a DJ ), is also called hip-hop, the name used to refer to a broader cultural movement that includes rap, deejaying (turntable manipulation), graffiti painting, and break dancing.
During the decade of 1997–2007, rap music produced in cities such as Atlanta, New Orleans, Memphis, Miami, and Houston transformed the margins into the rap mainstream. These years saw southern artists rise to national prominence, with a related surge in major label interest and investment in southern rap, a process encapsulated and expressed by the idea of the Dirty South. Through an ...
Mexican hip hop is a form of hip hop music from Mexico, performed by Mexican artists and artists of Mexican descent. The growth of hip hop as a genre has lead to various adaptations of it depending on a region and language. [1] It is important to note that Mexican hip hop is different from Chicano rap, Chicano rap is, a subgenre of hip hop and ...
