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
2836315
2
74
4631528
3
78
4667760
4
76
5313704
5
59
1412351
6
75
10987563
7
75
7915436
8
65
2637292
9
70
2347606
10
74
1523057
11
75
4646939
12
71
4746688
13
73
2880733
14
76
7073665
15
66
3376603
16
81
10826224
17
78
6727355
18
76
5327646
19
74
7717918
20
89
16007166
21
68
1987893
22
72
3218280
23
73
3120009
24
69
3713332
25
62
2976369
26
89
5105060
27
64
1700113
28
64
4287107
29
69
4095357
30
60
2830018
31
70
1161283
32
70
4541589
33
73
6504085
34
64
1261349
35
66
2933246
36
71
1457182
37
56
1598496
38
74
2541349
39
61
3479144
40
77
1935652
41
63
1281721
42
75
4356208
43
59
2569303
44
68
1553436
45
72
2811274
46
63
799684
47
57
2126092
48
69
1183922
49
62
2381305
50
72
2017015
51
60
247428
52
66
1850736
53
69
3664343
54
65
2243244
55
72
5969678
56
69
7274502
57
55
811966
58
63
2317043
59
57
472159
60
58
969961
61
62
864741
62
63
1854394
63
63
797250
64
62
422377
65
57
2466764
66
61
1418937
67
59
933972
68
58
770684
69
64
2764344
70
68
1531480
71
60
944427
72
59
1661675
73
64
517667
74
68
608830
75
63
613194
76
63
868984
77
71
1068837
78
62
1081215
79
65
423510
80
57
670911
81
58
603114
82
55
938747
83
61
921195
84
67
3333265
85
60
550716
86
56
1044810
87
61
1030875
88
60
1271146
89
58
845677
90
65
554251
91
77
513374
92
58
382409
93
58
826472
94
67
1089349
95
62
1554637
96
66
589165
97
58
708288
98
59
215217
99
56
93327
100
56
72790
southern hip hop playlist created by Chosic
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