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Country-rap is the fusion of country music with hip hop music. Perhaps to avoid the unfortunate abbreviation "c-rap," the style is known by several other names, such as "hick hop," "hill hop," "hip hopry," and "country hip hop". Cowboy Troy is the best-known performer known primarily as a country-rap artist.

Artists known primarily as rappers with noted country influences include Bubba Sparxxx (especially since his second album, Deliverance) and Buck 65, and the country-rap label can also include country-influenced rap rock artists such as Kid Rock and Everlast.

Other examples of country-rap include:

• "Country Rock & Rap", 1982 single by the Disco Four.
• "Country Rap", 1987 single and album by the Bellamy Brothers.
• '"Hillbilly Rap,'" 1996 album track by Neal McCoy. The lyrics to "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (The Beverly Hillbillies theme song) performed in the style of Tone Loc.
• "Wayfarin Stranger", 1997 track by Spearhead

and more recently, artists that perform exclusively country rap, rather than just one song in their repertoire

• Battlestar America
• Kuntry Killaz
• Chance (like Cowboy Troy, a member of the MuzikMafia).
• Eminemmylou (a cross between Eminem and Emmylou Harris).
• Cadillac Zack

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External links

• Country Hip-Hop Website
• Battlestar America (official site)
• Eminemmylou (official site)
• Cowboy Troy (official site)
• Kuntry Killaz (official site)
• The Kuntry Killaz on NPR
• "From the Holler to the Hood," weekly country-rap radio broadcast.
• Chance (official site)
• Cadillac Zack

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