Memphis rap

noun

A subgenre of hip hop that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-late 1980s.

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Meanings

nounMemphis rap (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA subgenre of hip hop that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-late 1980s.
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    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 and black metal.

    2023 July 12, Daniel Dylan Wray, “‘I don’t believe in the idea of a future’: the Ukrainian producer who invented dungeon rap”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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APA

Memphis rap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Memphis%20rap

MLA

“Memphis rap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Memphis%20rap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Memphis rap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Memphis%20rap.

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