Southern hip-hop

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Southern hip-hop or Southern rap, also known colloquially as Dirty South music, is hip-hop music from the Southern United States. As hip-hop spread beyond its origins in New York City, several Southern cities began developing their own hip-hop scenes in the 1980s; in particular, Atlanta, Houston, New Orleans, Miami, and Memphis have become regional hip-hop hubs. Typical characteristics of the Southern hip-hop sound include a focus on bass-heavy beats; relatively little use of sampling, in favor of live or synthesized instrumentation; and a decreased emphasis on lyrical complexity, instead incorporating other vocal styles such as call-and-response chants or heavily processed singing. Much Southern hip-hop is targeted toward environments like nightclubs, and popular dances such as twerking have emerged in close connection with the genre. Southern hip-hop also encompasses a wide range of subgenres, including trap, crunk, and bounce, among others. The earliest Southern hip-hop act to attain...

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