Rap music from New York and Los Angeles once ruled the charts, but nowadays the Southern sound thoroughly dominates the radio, Billboard , and MTV.
In Dirty South , author Ben Westhoff investigates the Southern rap phenomenon, watching Rappers make it. still move millions of copies, and Outkast has the bestselling rap album of all time.
Coastal artists like Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and Ice-T call Southern rap garbage, but they re probably just jealous, as artists like Lil Wayne and T.
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Rap music from New York and Los Angeles once ruled the charts, but nowadays the Southern sound thoroughly dominates the radio, Billboard , and MTV