{{short description|Subgenre of hip-hop}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{distinguish|Electropunk|Rapcore|}}
{{Infobox music genre | name = Punk rap | other_names = Punk trap | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|Hip hop|trap|lo fi|heavy metal|punk rock}} | cultural_origins = Late 2000s and early 2010s | derivatives = | regional_scenes = | local_scenes = {{Hlist|Miami, Florida<ref>{{cite web |author=Frank Guan |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/explaining-the-influences-and-success-of-lil-pump.html |title=Explaining the Influences and Success of Lil Pump |publisher=Vulture.com |date=November 27, 2017 |access-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127232242/https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/explaining-the-influences-and-success-of-lil-pump.html |url-status=live }}</ref>|SoundCloud rap}} | other_topics = {{Hlist|Crunk|trap metal|industrial hip hop|rage|rapcore|DIY music|Weird SoundCloud}} }}
'''Punk rap''' is a fusion genre that merges punk rock and hip-hop.<ref name="HotNewHipHop">{{cite web |last1=Robles |first1=Julian |title=10 Punk-Rap & Punk-Pop Artists You Should Listen To |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/10-punk-rap-and-punk-pop-artists-you-should-listen-to-news.40979.html |website=HotNewHipHop |date=December 21, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051057/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/10-punk-rap-and-punk-pop-artists-you-should-listen-to-news.40979.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The genre has been described as also drawing influences from trap music,<ref name="Vulture" /> heavy metal<ref name="massappeal.com">{{cite web|url=http://archive.massappeal.com/denzel-curry-hate-government/|title=Denzel Curry's New Battle Cry, "Hate Government," is An Important Reminder|date=May 15, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2019|archive-date=December 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229201509/http://archive.massappeal.com/denzel-curry-hate-government/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and lo-fi.<ref name="massappeal.com" />
==Characteristics== [[File:Denzel Curry Red Rocks 06.05.19 (48012894102) (crop).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Punk rapper Denzel Curry]] ===Vocals and structure=== Some artists makes use of sonic elements of punk rock, such as screaming, whereas others make use of its attitude and melodic style.<ref name="HotNewHipHop" /> ''Vulture'' described its origins as "the product of a convergence between Atlanta trap and the devilish eclecticism of Miami predecessors like SpaceGhostPurrp".<ref name="Vulture">{{cite web |last1=Guan |first1=Frank |title=Rap Dominated Pop in 2017, and It's Not Going Anywhere Anytime Soon |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-year-rap-overtook-pop.html |website=Vulture |date=December 20, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222022506/https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-year-rap-overtook-pop.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Lil Jon's harsh style of vocalization has also been cited as influence on the development of the genre.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |last1=Hobbs |first1=Thomas |title=How today's rappers are resurrecting the spirit of punk |url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191015-how-todays-rappers-are-resurrecting-the-spirit-of-punk |website=BBC |date=October 16, 2019 |access-date=December 21, 2019 |archive-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017005214/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191015-how-todays-rappers-are-resurrecting-the-spirit-of-punk |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Blockquote |text="It's what the game needs now; Someone who doesn't give a fuck about the rules and is just going to fuck shit up." |author=Ski Mask the Slump God (2017)<ref name="auto">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/lil-uzi-vert-travis-scott-moshing-metal-tees-punk-hip-hop-7841101/|title=Lil Uzi Vert & Travis Scott Are Making Moshing & Metal Tees Mainstream in Hip-Hop|date=June 22, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 11, 2025|archive-date=August 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250821004513/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/lil-uzi-vert-travis-scott-moshing-metal-tees-punk-hip-hop-7841101/|url-status=live}}</ref> }} In a way, hardcore punk was a "radical departure"<ref name="auto4">Williams, Sarah. "Hardcore". In ''Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 8: North America''. Edited by John Shepherd and David Horn. p. 257-260</ref> from alternative and popular music of that era; this was because it was played "louder and harder,"<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web |author=Pop/Rock » Punk/New Wave » Hardcore Punk |url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/hardcore-punk-ma0000002641 |title=Hardcore Punk | Significant Albums, Artists and Songs |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605132203/http://www.allmusic.com/style/hardcore-punk-ma0000002641 |archive-date=June 5, 2014 }}</ref> "wasn't verse-chorus rock," and "dispelled any notion of what songwriting is supposed to be [and] it's its own form"<ref name="blush">{{cite journal |last=Blush |first=Steven |title=Move Over My Chemical Romance: The Dynamic Beginnings of US Punk |journal=Uncut |date=January 2007}}</ref> punk rap songs share some of the "unorthodox" characteristics. They are "short, repetitive, wrapped in distortion and grimly effective."<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-year-rap-overtook-pop.html|title=Rap Dominated Pop in 2017, and It's Not Going Anywhere Anytime Soon|first=Frank|last=Guan|date=December 20, 2017|website=Vulture|access-date=March 20, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222022506/https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-year-rap-overtook-pop.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
One of the earliest proponents of the scene was Odd Future, due to their merging of hip-hop and shock humor.<ref name="BBC2">{{cite web |last1=Hobbs |first1=Thomas |date=October 16, 2019 |title=How today's rappers are resurrecting the spirit of punk |url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191015-how-todays-rappers-are-resurrecting-the-spirit-of-punk |access-date=December 21, 2019 |website=BBC |archive-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017005214/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191015-how-todays-rappers-are-resurrecting-the-spirit-of-punk |url-status=live }}</ref> In an article for the BBC, journalist Thomas Hobbs referred to the rise of the genre as being a rebellion against the politics of the period, with artists showing disdain for topics such as Brexit, the presidency of Donald Trump and global warming.<ref name="BBC2" />
==See also== * List of punk rap artists
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Hip hop}} {{Punk}} {{Rap rock}}
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