Curated playlist
Southern hip-hop musicians
- Young ThugYoung Thug was expelled in sixth grade for breaking a teacher's arm.
- London on da TrackThree songs produced by London on da Track charted on the Hot 100 at once in August 2014.
- Playboi CartiPlayboi Carti, the Atlanta rapper born Jordan Terrell Carter, walked onto the stage at Rolling Loud in Miami on the 15th of December 2024 with one hour and fifteen minutes to fill. Weeks earlier he had told fans he would play his…
- Birdman (rapper)Birdman was born without a first name and was called "Baby" for nearly a month. He later built Cash Money Records.
- Rick RossRick Ross worked as a prison guard before he became a rap star. He first denied it, then confirmed it.
- Lil WayneLil Wayne left school in tenth grade after his mother found a gun in his bag.
- 21 SavageTwo days after releasing the music video for his single "A Lot", the rapper 21 Savage was arrested. The date was the 3rd of February 2019, and the arresting agency was U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An ICE spokesperson had a…
- DiploDiplo, an American DJ and record producer, played a set from a hot air balloon at the 35th Burning Man festival. This was in August 2023. Then a rainstorm turned the grounds of Black Rock City, Nevada, into a mud pit. He left on foot and…
- The Lady of RageThe Lady of Rage rapped on The Chronic and Doggystyle before she had an album of her own.
- Donald GloverDonald Glover was voted most likely to write for The Simpsons. At 23 he landed a writing job on 30 Rock instead.
- CiaraCiara Princess Wilson, known professionally as Ciara, built her first hit around a single stubborn line: "the goodies will stay in the jar." The song was "Goodies," her debut single, and it spent seven weeks at number 1 on the Billboard…
- Lil JonLil Jon, the yelling voice of crunk, later made two albums of guided meditation.
- T.I.T.I. became a worldwide star under a name that, by his own account, almost nobody had ever used for him in real life. The Atlanta rapper, born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., said as much to MTV News in October 2015. "It's kinda awkward to be…