8 Ball & MJG and Bun B ft. The Renaissance Orchestra

Please note

Southern rap from the 1990s may as well be its own planet of music, and two of that planets leaders are surely 8Ball & MJG, the American hip-hop duo from Memphis, Tennessee. After meeting at Ridgeway Middle School in 1984, they toiled in the underground rap scene for years, eventually striking big with a decade-long run of hard-hitting albums. The group would go on to be featured on Three 6 Mafias "Stay Fly" in 2005, which peaked at No. 13 on the Hot 100, becoming one of the biggest hits any of the rappers had seen. In 2008, 8Ball & MJG signed with T.I.'s label Grand Hustle, releasing Ten Toes Down in 2010. It reached No. 36 on the Billboard 200 and featured T.I., Slim Thug, Bun B, and others.

Line-up

• 8ball & MJG
• Bun B
• The Renaissance Orchestra