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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 Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Florida —often titled “The Big 5,” five states which constitute the "Southern Network" in ...
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.
The album presaged hip hop's "Dirty South" aesthetic, which later achieved mainstream recognition. [32] Its smooth musical style, drawing on soul and funk musical traditions, [8] and the duo's clever lyrics helped define Southern hip hop's sound, [25] [57] which influenced acts like Goodie Mob, Joi, and Bubba Sparxxx. [56]
Crunk is a subgenre of southern hip hop that emerged in the early 1990s and gained mainstream success during the early to mid 2000s. [1][2] Crunk is often up-tempo and one of Southern hip hop's more nightclub-oriented subgenres. Distinguishing itself with other Southern hip hop subgenres, crunk is marked and characterized by its energetic ...
outkast.com. Outkast (sometimes written as OutKast) was an American hip hop duo formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1992, consisting of rappers Big Boi (Antwan Patton) and André 3000 (André Benjamin, formerly known as Dré). [1] Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip hop acts of all time, [4][5] the duo achieved both ...
Jordan Michael Houston III (born April 5, 1975), known professionally as Juicy J, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, he is a founding member of the Southern hip hop group Three 6 Mafia, established in 1991. He released ten studio albums with the group, which began as an underground act ...
Rapper Gangsta Boo (aka Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, Lady Boo, Queen of Memphis, The Devil’s Daughter) of the hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, appears in a portrait taken in 2001 in New York City.
CeeLo Green. Thomas DeCarlo Callaway-Burton (born May 30, 1975), [2] known professionally as CeeLo Green (or Cee Lo Green or simply Cee-Lo), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor. He is known for his soul -infused delivery in hip hop and R&B, displayed in his signature song "Crazy" (with Danger Mouse as "Gnarls ...