SoundCloud rap

English Etymology After the audio streaming platform SoundCloud, where this genre initially spread. Noun - en music genre A short-lived subgenre of hip hop mixing trap, lo-fi and electronic music. en emo rap mumble rap Jon Caramanica The Rowdy World of Rap’s New Underground 2017-06-22 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/arts/music/soundcloud-rap-lil-pump-smokepurrp-xxxtentacion.html It was just another unpredictable, bruising night in the world of SoundCloud rap — a swelling subgenre that takes its name from its creators’ preferred streaming service — which in the last year has become the most vital and disruptive new movement in hip-hop thanks to rebellious music, volcanic energy and occasional acts of malevolence. https://web.archive.org/web/20260203145004/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/arts/music/soundcloud-rap-lil-pump-smokepurrp-xxxtentacion.html 3 February 2026 en Vanessa Oswald Hip-Hop: A Cultural and Musical Revolution 2018 Greenhaven Publishing LLC https://books.google.com/books?id=bRaDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA80&dq=%22SoundCloud+rap%22&hl=&cd=5&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22SoundCloud%20rap%22&f=false 978-1-5345-6516-6 80 SoundCloud rap is characterized by its distinct sound, which is typically a mix of trap, lo-fi, electronic, and hip-hop music. Artists of this genre are also known for the short length of their songs, their popular social media presences, and sometimes their dangerous drug use, especially Xanax. en https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/the-gatekeepers-of-soundcloud-rap.html The Gatekeepers of SoundCloud Rap 2018-12-06 Lauren Levy Vulture SoundCloud rap moved from the more hidden corners of the internet into mainstream consciousness in June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20251216092820/https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/the-gatekeepers-of-soundcloud-rap.html 16 December 2025 en w:Louis Theroux Theroux The Keyhole: Diaries of a grounded documentary maker 2021 Pan Macmillan https://books.google.com/books?id=4RQ_EAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA67&dq=%22SoundCloud+rap%22&hl=&cd=12&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22SoundCloud%20rap%22&f=false 978-1-5098-8043-0 67 More than a year on from when we actively began the research into SoundCloud rap, nearly four years on from my first impulse to make a programme about the subject, we've finally embarked on a wholly new project,