Tag Archives: Southern Rap

An MC who predicted his Internet success using the 2011 mixtape Trending Subject, Tx rapper T Wayne blew up because of video posting sites that helped spawn his Best 20 strike “Nasty Freestyle.” Given birth to in Abilene, Tx, T Wayne was persuaded to become listed on the hip-hop picture …

Evolving slowly but steadily over time, 3 6 Mafia started as an exploitative, horror-themed underground hardcore rap sensation (“666 Mafia,” obtain it?) however went on to take pleasure from relatively mainstream achievement years later, ultimately earning an Oscar and rating some major strikes. The Memphis, TN, group’s regular membership varied …

Located in Atlanta, Success-n-Effect had been among the many rap combos that were only available in the past due ’80s/early ’90s in a reaction to hip-hop’s developing acceptance. Original users DJ Len and Teacher Lazy Rock had been considered core users of the group, which also presented several other region …

A self-proclaimed item of his former, rapper Sean Kingston’s background assists describe his audio. Delivered in Miami, Florida, after that elevated in Kingston, Jamaica from age six, he blended greater than a small dancehall and reggae into his hip-hop. The hard lyrics result from a hard lifestyle, including incarceration, homelessness, …

Feel-good party rapper Flo Rida was among the best-selling performers from the 2000s, notching a small number of worldwide hit singles and Billboard chart-toppers. Unsurprisingly a indigenous Floridian, the MC toured as an adolescent with 2 Live Crew’s New Kid Snow and began showing up on high-profile mixtapes by 2006 …

Houston local Lil’ Turn emerged from the Dirty South motion among the rappers the legendary DJ Screw would make use of out of an exceptionally select roster. This notoriety brought Turn towards the forefront and his homemade cassettes would frequently sell with the trunkload at performances. His reputation gained him …

54th Platoon, a Southern rap group that was 1 the initial signees to Fubu Records, didn’t score very much industrial success in 2003 using their debut album, All or N.O.thin’. Irrespective, the group — made up of TL, Big Nut, Nu Dark, and J.S. — slipped among the year’s better …

A Baton Rouge-based musician who is also called Mr. Clean Down, rapper Foxx became a member of the Atlantic-distributed Trill label in 2007. Blessed Jonathan Reed, Foxx produced his debut in 2007 with Road Gossip, an record that highlighted T-Pain, Paul Wall structure, and Webbie among its guests. Mixtapes (from …

The Stone Hill, Georgia, trio Fast Existence Youngstaz burst onto the picture in the summertime of 2008 when their party hit “Swag Surfin'” started to dominate Atlanta radio. People Mook, Myko McFly, and Vee released the Southern rap group in 2006, playing 2 yrs of gigs and showcases before “Swag …

The eccentricity and versatility of Da Backwudz’s music place them beyond your categorical box of crunk music in the 2000s Southern rap scene — however, not that far. Cousins Sho Nuff and Big Marc, genuine names Adam Redding and Marcus Thomas respectively, hail through the eastern metro-Atlanta city of Decatur, …