A week before the release of his new album, Deadstar 2, Smokepurpp is sitting in Complex's Midtown Manhattan offices, reflecting on the height of the SoundCloud rap era. "I think SoundCloud rap ...

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 ...

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The early SoundCloud era in hip-hop was truly undefeated. The platform quickly emerged as a goldmine for new talent and memorable projects delivered to fans for free, reminiscent of the good ol' days ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

And yet something slightly different has been happening: Many of the sound’s key players — Lil Pump, Smokepurpp, Trippie Redd And yet something slightly different has been happening: Many of the sound ...

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 ...

Your Guide to YBN Cordae, the SoundCloud Rapper With Two Surprise Grammy NomsYou may not have heard of him, but the internet has. And so has his girlfriend, ahem, tennis star Naomi Osaka.