What Is SoundCloud Rap?

pseudo-genre that encapsulates some of the more interesting hip hop released over the past decade. SoundCloud, the streaming platform that allows users to upload audio recordings, officially became the place for new rap talent to break at some point in the mid-2010s. As YouTube was to Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes, SoundCloud became to a long, long list of indie rappers who all have names that begin with “Lil” (Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Pump, and Lil Mosey are three of the bigger deals, but