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What Is Cloud Rap? Genre, Sound & Artists
The short answer
Cloud rap is hip-hop built on hazy, reverb-soaked, ambient beats — a dreamier, slower counterpoint to trap's hard-edged production.
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Genre mix: what India streams today
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What India is streaming today
Genre mix of Spotify's daily top 200, by streams, on August 26, 2026 · updated 26 Aug
- Indian 89%
- Pop 5%
- Soundtrack & Classical 4%
- Hip-Hop & Rap 1%
- Alternative & Indie 1%
- Folk & Regional 0%
- Other 0%
Indian leads the genre mix on India's Spotify daily chart with 89.4% of the day's streams (54.5M plays), ahead of Pop at 5.0% and Soundtrack & Classical at 3.5% on August 26, 2026. Cloud Rap sits in the Hip-Hop & Rap family, which holds 0.7% of that chart's streams. Shares are stream-weighted: every play of a song on India's Spotify daily chart counts once, credited to its lead artist's genre family. Every song that Spotify can classify counts; every family outside the biggest six is grouped with them as Other. The figures come from spotify-top.com's daily charts, recorded once a day by Music Pie Chart.
Top Cloud Rap artists on Spotify
Artists in our catalogue tagged with this genre, ranked by Spotify popularity.
Beyond Cloud Rap
What else do Cloud Rap artists play?
The other genre families Cloud Rap's top artists on Spotify are tagged with.
- Hip-Hop & Rap 80%
- Metal 20%
Everything about Cloud Rap
What Is Cloud Rap Music?
Cloud Rap Music is a Rap and Trap music sub-genre with hazy, atmospheric and dreamlike lo-fi sonic qualities that can be achieved with looped vocal samples from female singers. Lyrics are often abstract and with exaggerated metaphors.
Why Is It Called Cloud Rap?
It is called Cloud Rap for its lo-fi, hazy, ethereal and dream-like beats. The term was first used by Lil B, who described his music with an image of a CGI castle floating on a cloud.
Some Popular Cloud Rap Artists & Cloud Rap Rappers Include:
Lil B
Bladee
Lil Peep
Yung Lean
A$AP Rocky
Spaceghostpurrp.
Some Best Cloud Rap Songs Include:
Antarctica by $uicideboy$
B.O.R. (Birth of Rap) by Lil B
Ginseng Strip 2002 by Yung Lean
california world by Lil Peep, Nedarb, Craig Xen
Angels (When She Shuts Her Eyes) by Mac Miller.
Some Best Cloud Rap Albums Include:
6 Kiss by Lil B
Gluee by Bladee
Rodeo by Travis Scott
LIVE.LOVE.A$AP by A$AP Rocky,
What Is Cloud Rap Aesthetic?
Cloud Rap aesthetic is a visual representation of the genre using hazy, dreamlike, relaxed abstract and experimental elements.
Cloud Rap History
Cloud Music elements began being used by Clouddead in 2001. Then in the late 2000s, artists like Spaceghostpurrp, Clams Casino and Lil B cemented Cloud Rap as a genre.
Some Cloud Rap Facts Include:
Popular Cloud Rap artist Lil B created 676 songs for MySpace. You can listen to the full collection in his album Free Music: The Complete MySpace Collection.
Clams Casino is a pioneer of the Cloud Rap genre who has been a producer for other Cloud Rap rappers like Lil B, A$AP Rocky and Mac Miller.
Who Created Cloud Music?
Many artists contributed to the creation of the Cloud Music Rap genre. Some pioneer artists include Clouddead, Spaceghostpurrp, Clams Casino and Lil B.
Is Cloud Rap Dead?
Cloud Rap is not dead because there are still many fans listening to popular Cloud Rap artists, and these rappers have been releasing new songs recently.
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