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Southern hip-hop

  • Memphis rapMemphis rap emerged in the mid-1980s within the city of Memphis, Tennessee. This regional subgenre began as a response to the dominant hip hop scenes in New…
  • Trap musicIn 1991, the word trap first appeared in hip-hop lyrics to describe a place where drugs were sold. By 1999, producers in Atlanta began crafting a sound that…
  • CrunkThe word crunk first appeared in print within a 1972 Dr. Seuss book titled Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!. The author used the phrase Crunk-Car…