: a style of Southern rap music featuring repetitive chants and rapid dance rhythms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebCiara, Usher, A$AP Rocky and Travis Scott are just a few beneficiaries of crunk’s Midas touch. Brooklyn White, Essence, 9 Sep. 2022 Jon brought rowdy Atlanta crunk music to the masses and produced for everyone from Usher and Ciara to Pitbull and, yes, T-Pain. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 June 2021 The venerable rapper and ‘00s crunk kingpin had gotten involved with the song in 2013, when a then-largely-unknown French producer named DJ Snake got in touch, requesting Lil Jon lay vocals over Snake’s sinewy beat. Katie Bain, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2019
Word History
Etymology
from crunk, word of fluctuating meaning used during the 1990s in lyrics of the rap groups OutKast and Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz