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Slime Language 3 (opens in new tab)
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Southern Hip Hop
Southern Hip Hop on LoudQuietLoud: about 20 artists, including Future, 21 Savage and Young Thug. It runs alongside dirty south, jazz rap and pop rap.
Future
3.4M listenership-hop · rap · trap
21 Savage
2.4M listenerstrap · hip-hop · rap
Young Thug
2M listenership-hop · trap · rap
Migos
2M listenership-hop · trap · rap
Denzel Curry
1.7M listenership-hop · rap · hip hop
DaBaby
1.6M listenersrap · hip-hop · trap
JID
1.4M listenersrap · hip-hop · trap
Curren$y
1.4M listenership-hop · rap · dirty south
Ski Mask the Slump God
1.3M listenerstrap · hip-hop · rap
Ken Carson
1.2M listenersrage · trap · opium
Young Nudy
1.1M listenersrap · trap · hip-hop
Ace Hood
988K listenersrap · hip-hop · dirty south
Cordae
818K listenersrap · trap · hip-hop
Big K.R.I.T.
721K listenership-hop · rap · southern hip hop
Big Boi
715K listenership-hop · rap · dirty south
CunninLynguists
535K listenership-hop · underground hip-hop · rap
Pooh Shiesty
523K listenersrap · trap · hip-hop
Pink Siifu
386K listenersjazz rap · hip-hop · rap
Count Bass D
313K listenership-hop · underground hip-hop · hip hop
McKinley Dixon
217K listenersjazz rap · rap · conscious hip hop
Duke Deuce
171K listenerscrunk · rap · southern hip hop
Baby Kia
150K listenersrap · atlanta · trap
Rylo Rodriguez
118K listenersrap · alabama · trap
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