"Southern Rap" wasn't even a thing until the mid 90's.Before that it was more like..."Oh that's memphis rap", "houston Rap","New Orleans rap", etc. in the South.And they're also right. No one even knew DOC was from Texas until likethe early 2000's lol. Outside of Dallas that is.
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