MemphisRap.com
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
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History
MemphisRap.com began as a news portal and music store in early 2001, but eventually begin to expand at an enormous rate. Establishing itself as the first Memphis Rap site and community for artists and fans in Memphis, Tennessee, MemphisRap.com has become a recognized brand and has gained loyalty. Initially, Memphis Rap holds a 100 percent share of the music market locally.MemphisRap.com consists of more than 200,000 pages, whereas many of them are self-managed by fans and artists themselves.
As MemphisRap.com's popularity has increased, so has the range of features it offers. It includes a range of topics, categories, articles, sub-sites and up-to-date information on rap/hip-hop in the Mid-South
Mid-South
Mid-South may refer to:*The East South Central States*The region centered on the Memphis and Little Rock MSAs, including portions of West Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and northeastern Arkansas, as well as the Missouri Bootheel and extreme northwestern Alabama; see Memphis metropolitan...
. MemphisRap.com is said to be home to over 4,000 local artists, producers and labels.
Offerings
MemphisRap.com offers a variety of services. The site includes interviews & cover features, music charts, online shoppingShopping
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catalog, music websites, a producers' column (hosted by columnist/author, producer and former BMI Music Licensing Executive Tommy Volinchak), a live events calendar, video streaming site, modeling & sister site Memphis Honeys, marketing and media services.