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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 South Korea 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.

K-Pop: 61%Pop: 12%Soundtrack & Classical: 9%R&B & Soul: 4%Hip-Hop & Rap: 3%J-Pop & Anime: 2%Other: 9%

What South Korea is streaming today

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

  • K-Pop 61%
  • Pop 12%
  • Soundtrack & Classical 9%
  • R&B & Soul 4%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 3%
  • J-Pop & Anime 2%
  • Other 9%

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 South Korea 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: K-Pop 68.1%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.4%, Pop 6.0%, R&B & Soul 3.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.9%, J-Pop & Anime 2.5%, Other 10.6% Sep 17, 2026: K-Pop 68.5%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.5%, Pop 6.0%, R&B & Soul 3.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.1%, J-Pop & Anime 2.2%, Other 10.3% Sep 18, 2026: K-Pop 68.7%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.5%, Pop 6.0%, R&B & Soul 3.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.1%, J-Pop & Anime 2.2%, Other 10.0% Sep 19, 2026: K-Pop 67.4%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.3%, Pop 6.2%, R&B & Soul 3.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.8%, J-Pop & Anime 2.8%, Other 9.9% Sep 20, 2026: K-Pop 66.8%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.9%, Pop 5.5%, R&B & Soul 3.4%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.4%, J-Pop & Anime 2.8%, Other 11.1% Sep 21, 2026: K-Pop 67.0%, Soundtrack & Classical 6.6%, Pop 5.9%, R&B & Soul 3.9%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.8%, J-Pop & Anime 2.9%, Other 10.0% Sep 22, 2026: K-Pop 67.4%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.8%, Pop 5.7%, R&B & Soul 4.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.8%, J-Pop & Anime 3.2%, Other 10.1% Sep 23, 2026: K-Pop 69.7%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.1%, Pop 5.0%, R&B & Soul 3.9%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.8%, J-Pop & Anime 2.9%, Other 9.6% Sep 24, 2026: K-Pop 67.9%, Soundtrack & Classical 4.9%, Pop 4.9%, R&B & Soul 3.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.7%, J-Pop & Anime 3.2%, Other 10.8% Sep 25, 2026: K-Pop 67.9%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.7%, Pop 4.9%, R&B & Soul 3.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.9%, J-Pop & Anime 3.2%, Other 9.7% Sep 26, 2026: K-Pop 68.3%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.3%, Pop 4.8%, R&B & Soul 3.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.8%, J-Pop & Anime 3.2%, Other 9.9% Sep 27, 2026: K-Pop 66.8%, Soundtrack & Classical 6.1%, Pop 4.8%, R&B & Soul 3.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.7%, J-Pop & Anime 3.5%, Other 10.7% Sep 28, 2026: K-Pop 68.2%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.7%, Pop 5.4%, R&B & Soul 4.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.8%, J-Pop & Anime 3.2%, Other 9.7% Sep 29, 2026: K-Pop 69.2%, Soundtrack & Classical 5.5%, Pop 5.6%, R&B & Soul 3.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.7%, J-Pop & Anime 2.9%, Other 9.5% Sep 30, 2026: K-Pop 67.8%, Soundtrack & Classical 6.6%, Pop 6.2%, R&B & Soul 3.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.7%, J-Pop & Anime 2.9%, Other 9.1% Oct 1, 2026: K-Pop 69.7%, Soundtrack & Classical 6.4%, Pop 5.3%, R&B & Soul 3.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.3%, J-Pop & Anime 2.9%, Other 8.8% Oct 2, 2026: K-Pop 70.6%, Soundtrack & Classical 6.2%, Pop 4.4%, R&B & Soul 3.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.3%, J-Pop & Anime 2.5%, Other 9.5% Oct 3, 2026: K-Pop 67.8%, Soundtrack & Classical 7.0%, Pop 5.4%, R&B & Soul 3.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.1%, J-Pop & Anime 2.5%, Other 9.4% Oct 4, 2026: K-Pop 68.1%, Soundtrack & Classical 7.5%, Pop 5.1%, R&B & Soul 3.4%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.6%, J-Pop & Anime 2.5%, Other 9.8% Oct 5, 2026: K-Pop 69.0%, Soundtrack & Classical 6.9%, Pop 5.4%, R&B & Soul 3.4%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.5%, J-Pop & Anime 2.5%, Other 9.2% Oct 6, 2026: K-Pop 68.2%, Soundtrack & Classical 7.1%, Pop 6.3%, R&B & Soul 4.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 2.9%, J-Pop & Anime 2.5%, Other 8.8% Oct 7, 2026: K-Pop 66.4%, Soundtrack & Classical 7.5%, Pop 6.3%, R&B & Soul 5.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.0%, J-Pop & Anime 2.5%, Other 9.0% Oct 8, 2026: K-Pop 64.2%, Soundtrack & Classical 7.1%, Pop 5.0%, R&B & Soul 7.4%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.7%, J-Pop & Anime 2.5%, Other 10.1% Oct 9, 2026: K-Pop 64.6%, Soundtrack & Classical 6.8%, Pop 5.4%, R&B & Soul 5.5%, Hip-Hop & Rap 4.5%, J-Pop & Anime 2.8%, Other 10.2% Oct 11, 2026: K-Pop 64.9%, Soundtrack & Classical 6.4%, Pop 5.8%, R&B & Soul 5.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.9%, J-Pop & Anime 2.5%, Other 11.4% Oct 12, 2026: K-Pop 63.3%, Soundtrack & Classical 10.8%, Pop 4.9%, R&B & Soul 4.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.2%, J-Pop & Anime 2.1%, Other 11.0% Oct 13, 2026: K-Pop 63.1%, Soundtrack & Classical 9.9%, Pop 6.0%, R&B & Soul 5.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.2%, J-Pop & Anime 2.4%, Other 10.3% Oct 14, 2026: K-Pop 61.3%, Soundtrack & Classical 10.6%, Pop 9.3%, R&B & Soul 4.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 3.1%, J-Pop & Anime 2.0%, Other 9.5% Oct 15, 2026: K-Pop 61.6%, Soundtrack & Classical 8.8%, Pop 11.9%, R&B & Soul 3.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 2.9%, J-Pop & Anime 1.9%, Other 9.2%
  • K-Pop 61.6% · -6.5 pts
  • Soundtrack & Classical 8.8% · +3.3 pts
  • Pop 11.9% · +5.8 pts
  • R&B & Soul 3.8% · +0.2 pts
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 2.9% · -1.0 pts
  • J-Pop & Anime 1.9% · -0.6 pts
  • Other 9.2% · -1.4 pts
Genre-share data table
Genre-family share of daily streams, by day
Day K-PopSoundtrack & ClassicalPopR&B & SoulHip-Hop & RapJ-Pop & AnimeOther
Oct 15, 2026 61.6%8.8%11.9%3.8%2.9%1.9%9.2%
Oct 14, 2026 61.3%10.6%9.3%4.2%3.1%2.0%9.5%
Oct 13, 2026 63.1%9.9%6.0%5.1%3.2%2.4%10.3%
Oct 12, 2026 63.3%10.8%4.9%4.6%3.2%2.1%11.0%
Oct 11, 2026 64.9%6.4%5.8%5.2%3.9%2.5%11.4%
Oct 9, 2026 64.6%6.8%5.4%5.5%4.5%2.8%10.2%
Oct 8, 2026 64.2%7.1%5.0%7.4%3.7%2.5%10.1%
Oct 7, 2026 66.4%7.5%6.3%5.3%3.0%2.5%9.0%
Oct 6, 2026 68.2%7.1%6.3%4.1%2.9%2.5%8.8%
Oct 5, 2026 69.0%6.9%5.4%3.4%3.5%2.5%9.2%
Oct 4, 2026 68.1%7.5%5.1%3.4%3.6%2.5%9.8%
Oct 3, 2026 67.8%7.0%5.4%3.7%4.1%2.5%9.4%
Oct 2, 2026 70.6%6.2%4.4%3.7%3.3%2.5%9.5%
Oct 1, 2026 69.7%6.4%5.3%3.6%3.3%2.9%8.8%
Sep 30, 2026 67.8%6.6%6.2%3.6%3.7%2.9%9.1%
Sep 29, 2026 69.2%5.5%5.6%3.6%3.7%2.9%9.5%
Sep 28, 2026 68.2%5.7%5.4%4.0%3.8%3.2%9.7%
Sep 27, 2026 66.8%6.1%4.8%3.3%4.7%3.5%10.7%
Sep 26, 2026 68.3%5.3%4.8%3.7%4.8%3.2%9.9%
Sep 25, 2026 67.9%5.7%4.9%3.7%4.9%3.2%9.7%
Sep 24, 2026 67.9%4.9%4.9%3.7%4.7%3.2%10.8%
Sep 23, 2026 69.7%5.1%5.0%3.9%3.8%2.9%9.6%
Sep 22, 2026 67.4%5.8%5.7%4.0%3.8%3.2%10.1%
Sep 21, 2026 67.0%6.6%5.9%3.9%3.8%2.9%10.0%
Sep 20, 2026 66.8%5.9%5.5%3.4%4.4%2.8%11.1%
Sep 19, 2026 67.4%5.3%6.2%3.7%4.8%2.8%9.9%
Sep 18, 2026 68.7%5.5%6.0%3.6%4.1%2.2%10.0%
Sep 17, 2026 68.5%5.5%6.0%3.3%4.1%2.2%10.3%
Sep 16, 2026 68.1%5.4%6.0%3.6%3.9%2.5%10.6%

K-Pop leads the genre mix on South Korea's Spotify daily chart with 61.6% of the day's streams (2.8M plays), ahead of Pop at 11.9% and Soundtrack & Classical at 8.8% on October 15, 2026. Across the 29 recorded days from September 16 to October 15, 2026, Pop gained the most share, up 5.8 points to 11.9% of streams, while K-Pop slipped the most, down 6.5 points to 61.6%. Cloud Rap sits in the Hip-Hop & Rap family, which holds 2.9% of that chart's streams (-1.0 pts over the window). Shares are stream-weighted: every play of a song on South Korea's Spotify daily chart counts once, credited to its lead artist's genre family. Spotify cannot classify roughly 6.2% of its streams; 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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