Southern hip hop, also called southern rap, is a form of American hip hop music that emerged from a late-1980s club-oriented vibe in southern U.S. cities, including Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Houston, San Antonio, Nashville, Atlanta, Memphis, Birmingham, New Orleans, Miami, Orlando and Baton Rouge.^[1] The music was a reaction to the 1980s flow of hip hop culture from New York City and California, and can be considered a third major American hip hop genre, after East Coast hip hop and West Coast hip hop.^[2] Many early Southern rap artists released their music independently or on mixtapes after encountering difficulty securing record-label contracts in the 1990s.^[3]

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• Eyesoda.com [1] Film New Flavors: The Emergence of Southern Hip Hop (2008)
• 'Ya Heard Me': A documentary film about a regional version of hip-hop specific to New Orleans called Bounce.
• News about Southern hip hop artists.
• HoustonRapMusic.com Local Houston Rappers and Hip Hop Artists.

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