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June 26, 2023

Complex Volume 004: Ranking The Best Rap Cities Right Now

From the inception of hip-hop, the genre has been anchored in community. Birthed in New York 50 years ago, rap was further fortified in Los Angeles, and more recently cascaded to the top in Atlanta whilst expanding well past its homeland's borders to blossom in cities abroad like London. It's a genre that has been both quintessentially ours, and of the world; a level playing field that's really any man or woman's game. We ranked the cities dominating the genre right now and assessed how their standings have changed over the years.