Memphis rap

English Noun - en music genre A subgenre of hip hop that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-late 1980s. en Daniel Dylan Wray ‘I don’t believe in the idea of a future’: the Ukrainian producer who invented dungeon rap The Guardian 2023-07-12 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/12/ukrainian-producer-behind-dungeon-rap-alex-yatsun-dj-sacred 0261-3077 Dungeon rap is a new hybrid style of hip-hop created by Yatsun. It merges Memphis rap – a style of lo-fi atmospheric southern hip-hop made popular by the likes of Three Six Mafia in the late 80s and early 90s – and dungeon synth, a sub-genre that blossomed in 1990s Scandinavia blending dark ambient and black metal. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018134709/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/12/ukrainian-producer-behind-dungeon-rap-alex-yatsun-dj-sacred 18 October 2026 Further reading