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Emo rap

Emo rap (also known as emo hip hop or sad rap) is a subgenre of hip hop influenced by emo. It emerged during the early-2010s through the SoundCloud rap scene, and fuses trap music-style beats with sing-rapping vocals. Originally pioneered by artists such as Black Kray's Goth Money Records, Bones and GothBoiClique members Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Lil…

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Cultural origins
Mid-2010s, United States
Derivative forms
HexD · hyperpop · digicore · rage
Other names
Emo hip hop · sad rap · bop-punk
Stylistic origins
Hip-hop · trap · cloud rap · emo · pop punk
Typical instruments
Vocals · audio editing software · digital audio workstation · sequencer · sampler

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related to Precursors · 57
Emo rap → Additionally, Ali Tabatabaee, American, Arms Race, Atmosphere, Blink-182, Can't Stop Partying, Casper, Cobra Starship, DCD2, DCD2 Records, Dogs Eating Dogs EP, Drake, Eminem, Emo, Fall Out Boy's, Fearless Records, Framing Hanley, German, Ghost
related to 2017–2019: Popularity and deaths · 41
Emo rap → All Girls Are, April, At, Awful Things, Billboard, Billboard Hot, Come Over When You're, Falling Down, Fentanyl, He, His, In, In August, In December, In June, In November, In September, January, Jocelyn Flores, Juice WRLD
related to 2019–2022: Second wave · 23
Emo rap → Al Shipley, Beabadoobee, Coffee, Death Bed, Dior, EPs, Forbes, Hot Rock/Alternative Songs, Iann Dior, In, In March, Kid Laroi, Lil Bo Weep, Mood, On February, On July, Poorstacy, Powfu, Rock Charts, Rule
related to 2012–2016: Origins · 21
Emo rap → Bambino, Black Kray, Bones, Dazed, DIY, During, Emo, GBC, GBC's, GothBoiClique, In, Lil Lotus, Lil Peep, Lil Tracy, Luna, Raider Klan, Shinigami, SoundCloud, Spotify, Thraxxhouse
related to Characteristics · 14
Emo rap → Emo, GothBoiClique, Horse Head, It's, Lyrics, Mineral, Much, Postal Service, Publications, Sampling, Some, The, The Wall Street Journal, Underoath
Stylistic origins · 8
Emo rap → cloud rap, emo, Hip-hop, indie rock, nu metal, pop punk, post-hardcore, trap
related to Influence · 8
Emo rap → Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Dorian Electra, Emo, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Notable, The
Typical instruments · 7
Emo rap → audio editing software, digital audio workstation, guitar, sampler, sequencer, synthesizer, Vocals
Derivative forms · 4
Emo rap → digicore, HexD, hyperpop, rage
Other names · 3
Emo rap → bop-punk, Emo hip hop, sad rap

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emo rap pop hip hop punk genre lil artists released also trap described music rapper album number mainstream songs peep

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Emo rapCultural originsMid-2010s, United States1.00infobox
Emo rapDerivative formsHexD1.00infobox
Emo rapDerivative formshyperpop1.00infobox
Emo rapDerivative formsdigicore1.00infobox
Emo rapDerivative formsrage1.00infobox
Emo rapOther namesEmo hip hop1.00infobox
Emo rapOther namessad rap1.00infobox
Emo rapOther namesbop-punk1.00infobox
Emo rapStylistic originsHip-hop1.00infobox
Emo rapStylistic originstrap1.00infobox
Emo rapStylistic originscloud rap1.00infobox
Emo rapStylistic originsemo1.00infobox
Emo rapStylistic originspop punk1.00infobox
Emo rapStylistic originsnu metal1.00infobox
Emo rapStylistic originsindie rock1.00infobox
Emo rapStylistic originspost-hardcore1.00infobox
Emo rapTypical instrumentsVocals1.00infobox
Emo rapTypical instrumentsaudio editing software1.00infobox
Emo rapTypical instrumentsdigital audio workstation1.00infobox
Emo rapTypical instrumentssequencer1.00infobox
Emo rapTypical instrumentssampler1.00infobox
Emo rapTypical instrumentssynthesizer1.00infobox
Emo rapTypical instrumentsguitar1.00infobox

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    Emo rap

    Nodes138
    Edges137
    Triples226
    Avg. degree1.99
    Density0.014493
    Components1
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