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 ...

Since SoundCloud was created in 2008 — man, that seems like centuries ago — the digital platform has become a home for burgeoning creativity and looming talent. Hip Hop artists, and even stars who ...

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, ...

"I can't have like some trash verse" - Damian Lillard on the pressure of joining Shaquille O'Neal on a Rick Ross track Damian Lillard revealed the pressure of following Shaquille O'Neal's verse on a ...

The SoundCloud era of hip-hop changed the blueprint of the genre for good through multiple chart-topping albums out of Internet culture. Unfortunately, SoundCloud doesn't have the same ring as it used ...

SoundCloud rap—often simply called “Scloud” or “lofi‑trap”—emerged in the early‑to‑mid‑2010s as an internet‑born subgenre that would redefine how hip‑hop talent reached audiences. Born out of the ...

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 ...

Think back to 2017, a time when rap's hyper-punk and vibrantly rugged sound emerged from the deep pantheons of SoundCloud and YouTube's outer rim. Artists like Lil Pump, Playboi Carti, Lil Yachty, and ...

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SoundCloud announces partnerships with Squarespace, Adobe, Discord, and Rap Plug to boost member benefits for artists using SoundCloud Next and Next Pro. SoundCloud has announced partnerships with ...

Long before TikTok and SoundCloud rap, there was Soulja Boy, arguably the first Internet rapper. Finding success on the website SoundClick and going viral thanks to a dance associated with his debut ...