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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 Japan streams today

Every day musicpiechart records the genre families behind Spotify's daily charts. The pie is the latest mix; the chart under it shows how that mix moved.

J-Pop & Anime: 76%Pop: 9%Rock: 6%Hip-Hop & Rap: 4%K-Pop: 2%Jazz & Blues: 2%Other: 1%

What Japan is streaming today

Genre mix of Spotify's daily top 200, by streams, on October 15, 2026 · updated 15 Oct

  • J-Pop & Anime 76%
  • Pop 9%
  • Rock 6%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 4%
  • K-Pop 2%
  • Jazz & Blues 2%
  • Other 1%

Genre share over 29 recorded days

September 16 to October 15, 2026. Each band is one genre family's share of the chart's daily streams, stacked to 100%; a missing day leaves a gap.

Stacked area chart of genre-family share of daily streams on the Japan Spotify chart, September 16 to October 15, 2026 Each coloured band is one genre family's share of the chart's daily streams, stacked to 100 percent. Days with no recorded edition leave a gap in every band. Hover a day for its shares; the data table below lists every value. 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% Sep 16 Sep 30 Oct 15 Sep 16, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 71.9%, Pop 11.8%, Rock 5.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.0%, K-Pop 3.7%, Jazz & Blues 2.2%, Other 1.6% Sep 17, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 73.3%, Pop 10.6%, Rock 5.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.4%, K-Pop 3.7%, Jazz & Blues 2.1%, Other 1.6% Sep 18, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 74.5%, Pop 9.8%, Rock 5.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.2%, K-Pop 3.4%, Jazz & Blues 2.2%, Other 1.6% Sep 19, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.2%, Pop 9.4%, Rock 5.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.6%, K-Pop 2.7%, Jazz & Blues 2.1%, Other 1.4% Sep 20, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.8%, Pop 9.3%, Rock 5.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.3%, K-Pop 2.7%, Jazz & Blues 2.2%, Other 1.3% Sep 21, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.6%, Pop 8.8%, Rock 5.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.7%, K-Pop 2.7%, Jazz & Blues 2.1%, Other 1.3% Sep 22, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.3%, Pop 9.4%, Rock 5.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.3%, K-Pop 2.4%, Jazz & Blues 2.2%, Other 1.0% Sep 23, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 73.6%, Pop 9.0%, Rock 5.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 5.9%, K-Pop 2.8%, Jazz & Blues 2.1%, Other 1.0% Sep 24, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 73.1%, Pop 8.8%, Rock 5.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 6.1%, K-Pop 3.4%, Jazz & Blues 2.3%, Other 1.1% Sep 25, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 73.5%, Pop 8.7%, Rock 4.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 6.1%, K-Pop 3.4%, Jazz & Blues 2.5%, Other 1.1% Sep 26, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 74.2%, Pop 8.8%, Rock 5.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 5.6%, K-Pop 2.5%, Jazz & Blues 2.1%, Other 1.0% Sep 27, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 73.4%, Pop 8.9%, Rock 6.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 5.6%, K-Pop 2.7%, Jazz & Blues 2.1%, Other 1.0% Sep 28, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.1%, Pop 8.6%, Rock 5.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 5.5%, K-Pop 2.4%, Jazz & Blues 2.1%, Other 1.0% Sep 29, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 77.1%, Pop 7.7%, Rock 4.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 5.1%, K-Pop 2.5%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.0% Sep 30, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 76.2%, Pop 8.0%, Rock 5.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.5%, K-Pop 2.7%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.0% Oct 1, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 76.0%, Pop 8.2%, Rock 6.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.4%, K-Pop 2.4%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.0% Oct 2, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 77.4%, Pop 8.6%, Rock 5.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.8%, K-Pop 2.3%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.0% Oct 3, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 76.5%, Pop 9.0%, Rock 5.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.6%, K-Pop 2.3%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.0% Oct 4, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.4%, Pop 9.2%, Rock 6.5%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.5%, K-Pop 2.3%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.0% Oct 5, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 76.2%, Pop 8.3%, Rock 5.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.7%, K-Pop 2.6%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.0% Oct 6, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 76.1%, Pop 8.3%, Rock 5.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.3%, K-Pop 2.6%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.0% Oct 7, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.5%, Pop 9.2%, Rock 5.5%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.1%, K-Pop 2.6%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.0% Oct 8, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.9%, Pop 9.0%, Rock 5.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.2%, K-Pop 2.3%, Jazz & Blues 2.1%, Other 1.0% Oct 9, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 76.6%, Pop 8.9%, Rock 5.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.9%, K-Pop 2.1%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.3% Oct 11, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 76.3%, Pop 9.3%, Rock 5.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.4%, K-Pop 2.2%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.0% Oct 12, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.3%, Pop 9.6%, Rock 6.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.4%, K-Pop 2.1%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.2% Oct 13, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.4%, Pop 9.1%, Rock 6.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.9%, K-Pop 2.1%, Jazz & Blues 2.0%, Other 1.3% Oct 14, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 76.2%, Pop 8.7%, Rock 5.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.5%, K-Pop 2.5%, Jazz & Blues 2.1%, Other 1.3% Oct 15, 2026: J-Pop & Anime 75.8%, Pop 9.2%, Rock 6.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.4%, K-Pop 2.2%, Jazz & Blues 2.1%, Other 1.3%
  • J-Pop & Anime 75.8% · +3.9 pts
  • Pop 9.2% · -2.6 pts
  • Rock 6.1% · +0.4 pts
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 3.4% · +0.3 pts
  • K-Pop 2.2% · -1.6 pts
  • Jazz & Blues 2.1% · -0.1 pts
  • Other 1.3% · -0.3 pts
Genre-share data table
Genre-family share of daily streams, by day
Day J-Pop & AnimePopRockHip-Hop & RapK-PopJazz & BluesOther
Oct 15, 2026 75.8%9.2%6.1%3.4%2.2%2.1%1.3%
Oct 14, 2026 76.2%8.7%5.8%3.5%2.5%2.1%1.3%
Oct 13, 2026 75.4%9.1%6.2%3.9%2.1%2.0%1.3%
Oct 12, 2026 75.3%9.6%6.3%3.4%2.1%2.0%1.2%
Oct 11, 2026 76.3%9.3%5.8%3.4%2.2%2.0%1.0%
Oct 9, 2026 76.6%8.9%5.2%3.9%2.1%2.0%1.3%
Oct 8, 2026 75.9%9.0%5.6%4.2%2.3%2.1%1.0%
Oct 7, 2026 75.5%9.2%5.5%4.1%2.6%2.0%1.0%
Oct 6, 2026 76.1%8.3%5.8%4.3%2.6%2.0%1.0%
Oct 5, 2026 76.2%8.3%5.2%4.7%2.6%2.0%1.0%
Oct 4, 2026 75.4%9.2%6.5%3.5%2.3%2.0%1.0%
Oct 3, 2026 76.5%9.0%5.7%3.6%2.3%2.0%1.0%
Oct 2, 2026 77.4%8.6%5.0%3.8%2.3%2.0%1.0%
Oct 1, 2026 76.0%8.2%6.0%4.4%2.4%2.0%1.0%
Sep 30, 2026 76.2%8.0%5.6%4.5%2.7%2.0%1.0%
Sep 29, 2026 77.1%7.7%4.7%5.1%2.5%2.0%1.0%
Sep 28, 2026 75.1%8.6%5.3%5.5%2.4%2.1%1.0%
Sep 27, 2026 73.4%8.9%6.3%5.6%2.7%2.1%1.0%
Sep 26, 2026 74.2%8.8%5.8%5.6%2.5%2.1%1.0%
Sep 25, 2026 73.5%8.7%4.7%6.1%3.4%2.5%1.1%
Sep 24, 2026 73.1%8.8%5.3%6.1%3.4%2.3%1.1%
Sep 23, 2026 73.6%9.0%5.6%5.9%2.8%2.1%1.0%
Sep 22, 2026 75.3%9.4%5.2%4.3%2.4%2.2%1.0%
Sep 21, 2026 75.6%8.8%5.7%3.7%2.7%2.1%1.3%
Sep 20, 2026 75.8%9.3%5.3%3.3%2.7%2.2%1.3%
Sep 19, 2026 75.2%9.4%5.6%3.6%2.7%2.1%1.4%
Sep 18, 2026 74.5%9.8%5.3%3.2%3.4%2.2%1.6%
Sep 17, 2026 73.3%10.6%5.3%3.4%3.7%2.1%1.6%
Sep 16, 2026 71.9%11.8%5.7%3.0%3.7%2.2%1.6%

J-Pop & Anime leads the genre mix on Japan's Spotify daily chart with 75.8% of the day's streams (13.8M plays), ahead of Pop at 9.2% and Rock at 6.1% on October 15, 2026. Across the 29 recorded days from September 16 to October 15, 2026, J-Pop & Anime gained the most share, up 3.9 points to 75.8% of streams, while Pop slipped the most, down 2.6 points to 9.2%. Cloud Rap sits in the Hip-Hop & Rap family, which holds 3.4% of that chart's streams (+0.3 pts over the window). Shares are stream-weighted: every play of a song on Japan'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.

  1. $uicideboy$

  2. Lil Peep

  3. LUCKI

  4. fakemink

  5. Yung Lean

  6. Lil Tracy

  7. BONES

  8. comehelpglo

Hip-Hop & Rap: 80%Metal: 20%
80%Hip-Hop & Rap

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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