What is Crunk?
{{Infobox music genre | name = Crunk | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Southern hip hop]]|[[Miami bass]]|[[bounce music|bounce]]|[[gangsta rap]]|[[Memphis rap]]}} | cultural_origins = Early 1990s, [[Memphis, Tennessee]], United States | derivatives = {{hlist|[[Jersey Club]]|[[trap music (hip hop)|trap]]}} | subgenres = {{hlist|[[Snap music|Snap]]}} | regional_scenes = | fusiongenres = {{hlist|[[Wonky (genre)|Wonky]]|[[crunkcore]]}} | other_topics = [[hyphy music|Hyphy]] }} '''Crunk''' is a [[sub-genre]] of [[hip hop music]] that started in the clubs of [[Memphis, Tennessee]] in the mid-1990s. It is a mixture of [[Miami bass]], [[Southern rap]], and [[Electronic music|electronica]] with a lot of yelling and chanting. [[Lil Jon]] is the most popular crunk artist. His song 'Get Low' with the [[Ying Yang Twins]] is the song that made crunk music mainstream. After this song came out, crunk became a really popular style of music and it saw its heyday in the mid-2000s. It was replaced with [[trap music]] in the 2010s. == Notable crunk artists == * [[Lil Jon|Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz]] * [[Ying Yang Twins]] * [[Three 6 Mafia]] * [[Soulja Boy]] * [[Lil Scrappy]] * [[Pastor Troy]] * [[Youngbloodz]] * [[Petey Pablo]] {{music-stub}} [[Category:Hip hop genres]]