Southern hip hop

Southern hip hop (also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or dirty south) is a type of hip hop music that comes from the Southern United States.

Southern hip hop
Stylistic origins	Hip hop East Coast hip hop West Coast hip hop
Cultural origins	Late 1980’s, Southern United States especially Houston, Atlanta, New Orleans, Memphis, and Miami
Subgenres
Bounce chopped and screwed crunk Miami bass phonk plugg trap
Regional scenes
Memphis Houston Atlanta Miami New Orleans

Many early Southern rap artists released their music independently or on mixtapes after finding it difficult to obtain record-label contracts in the 1990s. By the early 2000s, many Southern artists had achieved national success. Over the decade, Southern hip-hop varieties, both mainstream and underground, have become among the most popular and influential of the entire genre.

In 2003 a documentary movie called Dirty States of America: The Untold Story of Southern Hip-Hop was released.

Notable Southern hip hop artists

• Lil Wayne
• Ludacris
• Gucci Mane
• Birdman
• 2 Chainz
• Vanilla Ice
• T.I.
• Young Buck
• Migos
• Three Six Mafia
• Outkast
• Killer Mike
• UGK
• Scarface
• Flo Rida
• Chamillionaire
• Jeezy
• Rick Ross