History Main / SwagRap

Swag Rap is a subgenre of HipHop music, and a sort-of descendant of AlternativeHipHop. It's perhaps best described as rap's version of the Punk movement. The exact sound of Swag Rap varies, so it's really more of a scene than a sound. Noticeable characteristics include a DIY ethic and unconventional promotional tactics (often online, but not always), many Swag groups also use (fittingly) the term "swag", short for swagger and a synonym for "cool".

!Notable Artists
(*please post a notable song or two, if possible)

-->I'ma say "swag" a couple times, cause that's what people do now. Swag, swag, swag, swag [...] I do this for Website/{{Tumblr}}.

* Yung Lean (who [[GenreBusting combines]] SwagRap with Main/{{Vaporwave}})

* Danny Brown

* {{Music/LilB}} The "[[MemeticMutation BasedGod]]" - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8u6EodZseg "Ellen Degeneres"]]

* A$AP Rocky - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqSoMSWGnuc "Purple Swag"]]

* Of course, the genre is ripe for parody. The most notable examples come from Website/YouTube user [[http://www.youtube.com/user/gmcfosho gmcfosho,]] known for such hits as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrU_ef7DQgs "Rifle Burs"]] (complete with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQH4N-bDrHo dubstep remix]]) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVUyyHYkBHk&ob=av3e "IMDABES".]]

* Of course, the genre is ripe for parody. The most notable examples come from Website/YouTube user [[Music/Gmcfosho gmcfosho,]] known for such hits as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrU_ef7DQgs "Rifle Burs"]] (complete with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQH4N-bDrHo dubstep remix]]) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVUyyHYkBHk&ob=av3e "IMDABES".]]

* Of course, the genre is ripe for parody. The most notable examples come from Website/YouTube user [[http://www.youtube.com/user/gmcfosho gmcfosho,]] known for such hits as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrU_ef7DQgs "Rifle Burs"]] (complete with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQH4N-bDrHo dubstep remix]]) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVUyyHYkBHk&ob=av3e "IMDABES".]]

* {{Mac Miller}}
* {{OFWGKTA}} - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzi24Nssiow "Oldie"]]

* Music/{{Drake}} arguably started out in 2006 doing a version of this before he was signed by LilWayne and Young Money in 2009.

-->I'ma say "swag" a couple times, cause that's what people do now. Swag, swag, swag, swag [...] I do this for {{Tumblr}}.

* {{Childish Gambino}}

* {{Drake}} arguably started out in 2006 doing a version of this before he was signed by LilWayne and Young Money in 2009.

* Young Lean

* Chance the Rapper

* Speak!
* Vince Staples

* {{Kitty Pryde}}

* SouljaBoy

* Waka Flocka Flame

* Kitty Pryde

* Young L

** LilB is the king of swag rap, easily serving as the TropeCodifier of the style. Soulja Boy only released "Pretty Boy Swag" AFTER his collaborations with the Based God. This is especially evident on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOUvM4JrlDY "30 Thousand 100 Million",]] where Soulja Boy lifts Lil B's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAYrMJWvC44&t=1m23s "word around town ____"]] device for an entire verse.