"Memphis is a dark city," says Memphis rap icon and lifelong resident Playa ... Their numbered volumes, usually labeled sparsely with typewriter fonts on plain white stickers, sold through car ...

Click here for that audio. In the years since hip-hop originated in New York, many other cities have fueled its global success. Memphis, Tennessee, is one of them. It’s brimming with talented ...

Click here to see the entire list. In the beginning To get to Memphis' global influence on hip-hop, you have to reach up and stretch far back, way back, waaaay back on this continent, across ...

Memphis is no stranger to big-time rap acts. Thirty years after Three 6 Mafia emerged in the 1990s, the revered rap group are still getting their songs sampled and referenced in new songs from ...