The following list, presented in alphabetical order by artist, includes all of the Southern rap songs that were featured on our 250 Best Songs of the 1990s list, as well as others that didn’t ...

Industry analysts note this sampling trend bridges generations while maintaining Southern rap’s cultural significance. The practice connects contemporary artists with foundational sounds from ...

Dear Silas, a trumpeter and rapper from Mississippi, is also not from one of those Southern rap power centers such as Atlanta or Memphis or Houston. He’s floored how few people actually know he ...

Feel the warmth of gratitude in the lyrics of "And to Those I Love, Thanks for Sticking Around" and experience the emotional ...

Since then, the prolific rapper — whose moniker flips an insult once thrown at the mother of two sets of twins — has steadily fed the internet streets with songs that mix Southern rap menace ...

Although "Rap Sh!t" is the latest to enter the Southern rap television lexicon, alongside FX's "Atlanta" and Starz's "P-Valley," the series feels different. Perhaps it's the contributions of ...

The new era of Southern hip-hop Southern female rappers have come a long way from being underrepresented in mainstream rap. Today, they are at the forefront of the genre, breaking records and ...

Who do you place on the KOTS throne? Back in the early 2000s, T.I. came onto the music scene by proclaiming himself the King of the South. The honorific title eventually became synonymous with the ...

If you don’t love Wu-Tang, something’s wrong with you. Outkast put southern rap music on the world stage. As Andre 3000 said at the 1995 Source Awards, “the south got something to say.” ...

BeatKing is survived by his two daughters and his partner, Talameshia. The southern rap community truly lost a legend. The gruff-voiced Houston legend’s death was confirmed by his manager ...

But long before Bubba Sparxxx and Kid Rock ever used the term, in the days when the mainstream music industry hadn’t realized how much money they could make off of Southern rap, pretty much any ...

Although this is the most unexpected duo we’ve experienced, Juicy J’s verse adds a gritty, southern rap flavor that contrasts ...