Artists like Three 6 Mafia, Lil Jon, and Project Pat helped popularize crunk music and turn it into a cultural phenomenon.

Raised in Youngstown, Ohio, with the sounds of his father's Earth, Wind & Fire records playing in the background, Jefferson ...

subgenres such as crunk and hyphy emerged, and the Internet changed how music was distributed and consumed. During this decade, rappers dominated the airwaves and the Billboard Hot 100 ...