Memphis rap

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Memphis rap

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uncountable A subgenre of hip hop that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-late 1980s. Dungeon rap is a new hybrid style of hip-hop created by Yatsun. It merges Memphis rap – a style of lo-fi atmospheric southern hip-hop made popular by the likes of Three Six Mafia in the late 80s and early 90s – and dungeon synth, a sub-genre that blossomed in 1990s Scandinavia blending dark ambient

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@misc{memphis_rap_2026,
  title = {Memphis rap},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/memphis%20rap},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}