04/09/2026
RAP IS GOD IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
Having reared rock and roll and known as the official home of the blues, Memphis more than earned its title as a “music city” in the mid-20th century. Then, in the late 1980s, the mixtape and the 808 began transforming the city’s de facto sound - and, in the process, the entire trajectory of rap.
Featuring conversations with DJ Paul of THREE 6 MAFIA , DJ Spanish Fly, La Chat, Shawty Pimp, and Tommy Wright Ill, as well as an original shoot by Neva Wireko, this 40-pages dossier is Phillip Pyle’s treatise on the mythical cultural impact of Memphis rap, one of the city’s most enduring exports.
The Cover is SOLD OUT, but the poster is available for direct order.
Text: Phillip Pyle
Photography: Neva Wireko
Fashion: Mar
Production: artProduction
Local Fixing: Mak Clayton aka Phatmak Pharaoh
Excecutive Production: gabriella plotkin
