For the first half of the 2000s, crunk music was rap music. The production of Lil Jon — the fight songs of Memphis’ Three 6 Mafia by way of shiny, Atlanta pop-rap — was a hybrid style technically ...

Atlanta has led the way in hip-hop culture for more than two decades. The city has remained prominent because the sounds and styles are never stagnant, and every four or five years artists in the city ...

The King of Crunk Music (a subgenre of rap over club beats born in the south) and Atlanta native Lil Jon blessed a diverse crowd of fans from nearly every race on the grid during his DJ set at The ...

Duke Deuce has been grinding on the streets of Memphis for years. The son of local legend Duke Nitty, Deuce is a walking emblem of Memphis’ history as a beacon of rap music. It wasn’t until 2017, ...

With its irresistible hip-hop beats and shouted refrains, crunk music incites a fervor in fans that’s reminiscent of a religious experience. “I would define crunk as more of a spirit,” explains rapper ...

Southern musicians aren’t used to being on the tail end of any genre. After all, the South is where jazz and blues were invented. Where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil so he could ...

When crowning 2004’s hip-hop ‘man of the year,’ the obvious choices may be Usher or Kanye West, but, sit back and think about it for a second and the clear victor is Lil Jon. Producing a bulk of the ...

For anyone who thinks commerce diminishes music, I present a counter-argument: Crunk'n'b. Since the beginning of time, rap and Rn'B have been cross-pollinating in a for-the-most-part nakedly ...