Like all musical forms, no one person can definitively say they started or invented Memphis rap, though there are plenty of seminal figures who were crucial in the development of the genre, from DJ ...

News of Gangsta Boo’s death over the weekend hit hard across rap, but it especially hit hard here at UPROXX. The Memphis rap godmother had put in an appearance at UPROXX Studios just weeks before to ...

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While Memphis rap continues to enjoy a renaissance thanks to a generation of new young lions — from NLE Choppa to Duke Deuce — the history of the city’s scene continues to be defined by the music of ...

In case there’s any confusion: Da Mafia 6ix (formerly Three 6 Mafia) are not conscious rap. Twenty-three years into the crew’s storied career and it remains one of Three 6’s only constants. Lineup ...

Have you been craving a heavy helping of Y2K-era hip-hop? This golden-tier lineup will certainly help scratch that itch.

Leonard Pitts is one of my favorite journalists, a foot soldier in print, but I found it difficult to reconcile this with his take on rap music, specifically the “gangsta” rap artists and their ...

Gangsta music has been in the offing since the mid-80s, with the earliest pioneers said to be Schoolly D, Ice-T and N.W.A. In the early 90s, the sub-genre became mainstream with the likes of Dr Dre ...

Here is a fun video for all the Star Wars fans out there, the third video in the Star Wars Gangsta Rap series, and definitely the funniest so far, the Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles. MCs Vader, ...