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WYXR is just starting out — but it’s already making big strides in the famed Tennessee music town. Starting a nonprofit radio station from scratch is enough of a cliff to scale in the digital era – even more so when you’re doing it in a famed music mecca like Memphis. How do you capture the…

Click Below To Play Video Gotti emerged from the Memphis rap scene in the late 1990s, breaking through with his 2016 album, The Art of the Hustle, which reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart and featured the single “Down in the DM.” This article was originally featured on “forbes.com“

By Zandria F. Robinson GloRilla, Three 6 Mafia, Yo Gotti, Gangsta Boo. Collage by Jackie Lay / NPR. Frazer Harrison / Scott Gries/ Greg Campbell / Jason Kempin/Getty Images As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop’s story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – A Memphian is on the road sharing his talent with the world. On tour for the play “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations,” Jalen Harris is city to city, but he takes his roots with him. ”Being from Memphis, and being around so many amazing musicians and…

By Phil Harrell When hip-hop started 50 years ago, it was just a curiosity for the record labels. But by the mid-1990’s, it was big business. For artists working outside the major-label system, though, there wasn’t much hope of nationwide success. Then came a group out of Memphis: Three 6 Mafia. Cultural critic Kiana Fitzgerald…

Bob Mehr Memphis Commercial Appeal In 2023, Memphis hip-hop is continuing what has been a historically significant (and commercially successful) run over the last few years. This new golden era of Bluff City rap — led by Billboard chart-topper Moneybagg Yo, Grammy nominee GloRilla, and young phenom NLE Choppa — has seen Memphis artists and labels building national profiles…

Kailynn Johnson 4:00 a.m. Jul. 26, 2023 While our favorite “Hot Girl Coach” Megan Thee Stallion coined “Hot Girl Summer” in 2019, a new term made its way into the mainstream last summer — and at the hands of Memphis’ own rap princess GloRilla. In 2022, it was almost impossible to open our TikTok FYPs…

July 21, 202311:30 AM ET By Zandria F. Robinson As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop’s story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. In the beginning To get to Memphis’ global influence on hip-hop, you have…