Southern hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop that originated in the southern United States. It is characterized by its heavy use of bass, 808 drums, and trap beats. The lyrics often focus on themes such as street life, drug use, and materialism. The genre has gained popularity in recent years with the emergence of new artists who have brought their own unique styles and sounds to the scene.
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Vocals, Synthesizer, Bass Guitar, Drum Machine, Sampler, Turntables, Electric Guitar, Drum Kit, Keyboard/Piano, Horn Section
Popular southern hip hop Songs
Still Writing In My Diary: 2nd Entry
2004
What A Time To Be Alive
2015
Careless World: Rise Of The Last King
2012
Hot New Joints 2014, Vol. 1
2014
Most Known Unknown (New Package-Explicit)
2006
The Saga of Wiz Khalifa
2020
southern hip hop music by decade
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List of southern hip hop artists
Here is a list of southern hip hop artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the southern hip hop genre. You can find out what southern hip hop genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
# name popularity followers
1
77
2830719
2
74
4631528
3
78
4667760
4
76
5313704
5
59
1411168
6
75
7915436
7
75
10987563
8
65
2637292
9
70
2346355
10
74
1521359
11
71
4746688
12
75
4646939
13
73
2880733
14
76
7073665
15
81
10826224
16
66
3376603
17
78
6727355
18
76
5327646
19
74
7717918
20
68
1983866
21
89
16007166
22
72
3217305
23
73
3116799
24
69
3713332
25
62
2974424
26
89
5105060
27
64
1700113
28
64
4287881
29
69
4090685
30
60
2830018
31
70
1160805
32
70
4541589
33
73
6504085
34
64
1261349
35
66
2930847
36
71
1457182
37
74
2541349
38
56
1598496
39
61
3478717
40
77
1935652
41
63
1281721
42
75
4344220
43
59
2568252
44
68
1553436
45
72
2809900
46
63
799288
47
57
2126092
48
62
2381305
49
69
1183922
50
72
2017015
51
60
247164
52
69
3662363
53
66
1850427
54
65
2243244
55
69
7274502
56
72
5969678
57
55
811966
58
63
2317043
59
57
472159
60
58
969961
61
62
864546
62
63
1854394
63
62
796312
64
57
2466218
65
62
421874
66
61
1418937
67
59
933363
68
64
2764344
69
68
1531480
70
60
944427
71
59
1661675
72
64
517667
73
58
770240
74
68
608083
75
63
612882
76
63
867848
77
62
1080414
78
71
1064385
79
65
423298
80
58
603114
81
57
670734
82
61
919961
83
67
3333265
84
60
549985
85
56
1044332
86
61
1030753
87
60
1271146
88
58
845677
89
65
554251
90
77
507984
91
58
382242
92
58
826472
93
67
1089349
94
62
1553091
95
65
587935
96
58
707506
97
59
214950
98
56
93327
99
56
72790
100
55
62658
southern hip hop playlist created by Chosic
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