New Orleans hip hop
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New Orleans, Louisiana, usually renowned as a center for musical creativity and influence, has been said to have an underdeveloped hip-hop scene compared to larger cities like New York and Los Angeles. New Orleans Rap, however, distinct from mainstream hip-hop or even other styles of hardcore rap, is yet another creation of the Crescent City that has arguably been more influential nationally that it is often given credit for.
Rooted deeply in the city's own bounce music, much of New Orleans rap has remained underground. Often laced with brass band beats, the city's status as the birth place of Jazz is not lost in this more modern genre.
It would be an unforgivable fallacy to claim that all of New Orleans Rap has remained underground. Often touted as the commercial center of rap (at least in the south), New Orleans is home to No Limit Records, founded by Master P, and Cash Money Records. These labels have spawned incredibly notable artists, such as Master P, Juvenile, Joey Temperato, C-Murder, Mystikal, and B. Gizzle aka B.G.. Two of the most important producers of this style of music have been Mannie Fresh, often credited as an early pioneer of the Bounce genre, and KLC of the Medicine Men (formerly Beats By the Pound).
Something worth mentioning about New Orleans' rap scene is that much like the rest of New Orleans' musicians, many have found new homes in other cities, at least temporarily, since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area. The trend as of February 2006, however, has been for many of the city's most successful rappers to return in significant capacities to either give concert tours in the city they call home or even return completely despite the ostensible financial sacrifice of doing so. Juvenile, for instance, has repeatedly given performances in recent months to sell-out crowds in the city in much smaller venues than he usually fills in other places.
The local hip-hop network in New Orleans is bouncing back, however, with events such as Hip-Hop for Hope at Tipitina's (November 16th, 2006). Hip-Hop for Hope will feature local New Orleans Brass Bands and hip-hop performers while raising money for the Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School. Annual events like this are promising signs for the future of New Orleans as a City and as a hip-hop community. See http://hiphopforhope.org for more details.
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