Amongst a variety of other reasons, ease of access is what drew most hip hop and rap artists towards SoundCloud. They can easily upload their songs on Soundcloud and share with listeners who would ...

Design by Madison Grosvenor. Buy this photo. What first comes to mind when you hear the term SoundCloud rap? Perhaps you envision an immature group of teens with colorfully-dyed hair and face tattoos, ...

Underground hip-hop continues to thrive as a cultural and creative force, blending personal style, community roots, and global digital discovery. Platforms like SoundCloud amplify micro-scenes, ...

SoundCloud’s 2026 Music Intelligence Report pushes back against claims of a hip-hop downturn, showing the genre’s reinvention through underground scenes and cross-genre influence. Growth is strongest ...

From Fetty Wap to Lil Uzi Vert to Playboi Carti, Boardroom breaks down how the platform paved the way for low-cost distributors and continues to support performers today. But according to Fetty Wap, ...

In early fall, Trippie Redd shuffled down the hallway of the Record Plant, the Hollywood studio where pop stars from Rihanna to Selena Gomez have cut albums. Standing over a pool table near the ...

There are plenty of music discovery platforms, but SoundCloud is the only one that doubles as an adjective. The term SoundCloud rapper is both a loose musical classification and an unintentional ad ...

Plugg rap has moved from Atlanta to a global sound thanks to its artists and the internet. Now, SoundCloud, which saw the subgenre bubbling up on its platform and highlighted it in a playlist in 2021, ...

In 2016, a peculiar music movement known as “SoundCloud Rap” began its reign. In 2019, it seemingly ended. The genre was a unique blend of emotionally-charged lyrics being sung and rapped over beats ...

The song recycles a vocal track and beat that are available for musicians online — but the AI-generated voice of Drake made it go viral. The song recycles a vocal track and beat that are available for ...

In early fall, Trippie Redd shuffled down the hallway of the Record Plant, the Hollywood studio where pop stars from Rihanna to Selena Gomez have cut albums. Standing over a pool table near the ...