Kentucky Hip Hop
Kentucky hip hop is rap from the state of Kentucky, with most of its best-known artists coming from Louisville.
Nappy Roots, formed in Bowling Green, broke through in 2002 with the album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz and hits such as Awnaw and Po' Folks. Louisville later produced Jack Harlow, whose pop rap has topped the US singles chart, and EST Gee, who makes trap. The state's artists are usually filed under Southern hip hop.
Artists it is known for: Nappy Roots, Jack Harlow, EST Gee.
- Family
- Hip-Hop & Rap
- On Spotify
- No longer returned by Spotify’s API
- What it is
- A scene
- From
- Kentucky
- Also called
- kentucky rap
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 6%
About 4,900 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have kentucky hip hop among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Kentucky Hip Hop artists
Bryson Tiller
Jack Harlow
EST GeeThe kentucky hip hop artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.