Rikstar Selects Week 27 2026 - 5 Selects This Week

South Memphis Hip-Hop Documentaries

Young Dolph "KING" Documentary (feat. Gucci Mane - Enigma Series) - WorldStar

This documentary is made by WorldStar and follows the king of Memphis, Young Dolph, one of the best to ever do it from Memphis. He made the city proud and will always remain one of the legends from the city of Memphis.

TRAGEDY and TRIUMPH: The Story of Three 6 Mafia - Three 6 Mafia Documentary

You can't talk about Memphis without mentioning Three 6 Mafia. They had the 90s and 2000s booming. I gotta stay fly, ayye, IKYK.

WELCOME TO HELL: The History and Influence of Memphis Rap [2018 Documentary] - Memphis Rap Documentary

This documentary shows you the origins of Memphis rap right from the start, from horrorcore to how it led to Memphis rap.

Memphis rap was crucial in the early 2000s horrorcore movement as the genre's hardcore nature and dark themes perfectly suited the style's frightening lyrics. It also laid the groundwork, along with Miami Bass and Dirty South, for the club-inspired Crunk.

Young Dolph "Turned Dirt Into Diamonds" - Documentary - Young Dolph

Back to Young Dolph again, who also happens to be one of my favourite rappers alongside his cousin, also from South Memphis, Key Glock, which I mentioned on this week's Song of the Week.

The Deadly Memphis War: CMG Vs Paper Route Explained In 1 Hour - Memphis Documentary

If you like rap beefs and gangland-type docs then this one will be right up your street. It covers Paper Route gang, which is Young Dolph's label, and the CMG group headed by Yo Gotti. Both have been in a deadly war for decades and this conflict has seen Young Dolph killed and many others, including Yo Gotti's brother. It is about as deadly a gang war as you can get in one of the most dangerous cities in America.

These documentaries really show you the grimy streets of South Memphis, which can also be classed as one of the most dangerous cities in the United States, as well as being a very difficult city to blow up in, unlike say Atlanta or LA, which is where most rappers go to make it due to those two places being some of the biggest cities for hip-hop, having changed the form of the genre from other cities across the decades.