List of Internet rap collectives

The following is a list of Internet rap collectives.¹ Internet rap is a style of hip-hop that emerged in the late 2000s to early 2020s.

ASAP Mob (stylized as A$AP Mob) is an American hip-hop collective formed in 2006 in Harlem, New York City,² that consists of rappers (most of whom carry the "ASAP" moniker, except Dash and Playboi Carti), record producers, music video directors, and fashion designers.³⁴

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, simply known as Odd Future and often abbreviated as OF or OFWGKTA,⁵⁶ was an American alternative hip-hop collective formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2007. The group consisted of rappers, producers, filmmakers, skateboarders, actors, and clothing designers. The original members were Tyler, the Creator, Casey Veggies, Hodgy, Left Brain, Matt Martians, Jasper Dolphin, Travis "Taco" Bennett, and Syd. Later members included Brandun DeShay, Pyramid Vritra, Domo Genesis, Mike G, Earl Sweatshirt, L-Boy, Frank Ocean, and Na-Kel Smith.⁴

Raider Klan (stylized as RVIDXR KLVN) was an American hip hop collective formed in the Carol City neighborhood of Miami Gardens, in 2008.⁷ Raider Klan originally included rappers SpaceGhostPurrp,⁸ Dough Dough Da Don,⁹ Kadafi,⁹ Muney Junior,⁹ and Jitt,⁹ before expanding to include Denzel Curry,⁸ Chris Travis,⁸ Xavier Wulf,⁸ and others.

Drain Gang (formerly known as Gravity Boys, Shield Gang, GTBSG) is a Swedish hip-hop collective formed in 2013, consisting of the rappers Bladee, Ecco2k, and Thaiboy Digital, and the producer Whitearmor.¹⁰¹¹

Dark World is an independent record label and music collective formed in 2010 in Massachusetts by rapper DJ Lucas.¹² The label released material by artists such as Lucy (Cooper B. Handy), Gods Wisdom, Ghost, Morimoto, Jumpy and more.¹³¹⁴

SlayWorld was a hip-hop collective of artists and producers featuring artists such as Summrs,¹⁵ Autumn and Kankan.¹⁶ The group is most known for pioneering the genre pluggnB.

Reptilian Club Boyz was an American Internet rap collective based in Tennessee. Formed by rappers Hi-C and Diamondsonmydick in 2016, they have been credited as influential in the 2020s underground rap scene and development of the hexD genre.¹⁷¹⁸¹⁹

Surf Gang is an American hip-hop collective and netlabel founded in New York City in 2018 by Evilgiane, Eera and Harrison.²⁰ They have been cited as influential to the contemporary underground rap scene.²¹²²

Novagang (stylized in uppercase) is an American hip-hop collective formed in 2018 by rapper and record producer Prblm. The group's name was a portmanteau between his alias "Nova" and "gang".²³²⁴   

Helix Tears is an American-Canadian digicore collective formed in 2018 by Blackwinterwells.²⁵²⁶²⁷ Notable members include Blackwinterwells,²⁸²⁹³⁰ Twikipedia, Babs,³¹ 8485,^32333435 Quinn,³⁶ Quannnic, Kuru and Midwxst.³⁷³⁸

Hexcastcrew is an American music collective formed in 2018 by Stacy Minajj (Cargoboym/tomoe_theundying), Dawsru and Dior5star.³⁹ They have been credited with coining and popularizing the hexD microgenre.⁴⁰

Jewelxxet (stylized in uppercase) was an Internet rap collective formed by rappers Luci4 and Islurwhenitalk.⁴¹ The group is most known for pioneering the microgenre sigilkore. Several notable artists later joined the group such as 2shanez, Sellasouls, MajinBlxxdy, Bacleo, Xaviersobased and St47ic.⁴²

Haunted Mound is a underground hip-hop collective formed by American rappers Sematary and Ghost Mountain. The group formed a record label of the same name, later adding more members like Hackle, Grimoire, Gonerville, JJ Valhalla, Turnabout, Welsh producer Snuffer, Anvil and the Irish producer–rapper Oscar18, having met him through social media after Steckler made posts showing interests to expand the Mound.⁴³

Shed Theory is an Internet rap collective formed in 2021. According to Pitchfork, the group is "an all-white crew of plugg droners who spawn 'nod pits' at their shows and pal around with questionable figures like comedian Sam Hyde."⁴⁴ Notable members include musician Tek Lintowe who was formerly of the group.⁴⁵

1c34 is an American hip-hop collective based in New York City formed by Xaviersobased, Glost, and Cranes in 2021. The group originally emerged as a gaming clan and involved members from around the world. 1c34 have been credited with pioneering the jerk microgenre and as influential in the 2020s underground rap scene.⁴⁶⁴⁷ Notable members include St47ic, Ksuuvi, and Ss3bby. Some notable former members include Bleood, Phreshboyswag, Zayguapkid, and Tenkay.

WitchGang is an American Internet rap collective formed by rapper St47ic who coined the microgenre 2k13 Hood EDM.⁴⁸⁴⁹ The group has been described by British magazine I-D as an "anarchic collective" which featured rappers such as P6nk.⁴⁸⁵⁰

StepTeam (stylized as #stepTeam) is an Internet rap and plugg production collective consisting of producers Ivvys, Maajins and Sxprano.⁵¹⁵² The group pioneered an "off-kilter" and glitchy production style.⁵¹⁵³ Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork wrote how the trio "has pioneered a glitchy, intricate beatmaking style that takes a hacksaw to the standard patterns of rap percussion."⁵⁴ Xang's collective DPM (Deep and Powerful Music) was also considered to be a inspiration for StepTeam's production style as well.⁵⁵

O Way (stylized as Ø Way, also known as Phonk Dollaworldwide, stylized as Phønk Døllaworldwide) is an American hip-hop collective.⁵⁶ An evolved version of 4ET,⁵⁷ the group consists of a wide variety of artists such as 10KDunkin, Lil Righteous, ShawtyRokk, Diamond*, Southsidesillhouette, Reezy X, Lilkixkdor, Billi0n, Ea Tj, Yung Fazo, Tezzus, Pz', and Sk8star.⁵⁸⁵⁹⁶⁰ Olivier Lafontant of Pitchfork wrote how the "chameleonic, Auto-Tuned sex-symbol rap of 2010s YSL" lives on within the collective.⁶¹ Affiliates of the collective include Rollin Thrax and Percaso, who work closely with members of the collective.⁶⁰

GothAngelz is an American music collective formed in 2022 by musicians Wifiskeleton, Keepsecrets, Witchbox and Mandy.⁶² The group is known for pioneering the SoundCloud indie movement.⁶³

SwaggerBoyz is an Argentine hip-hop collective formed by rappers AgusFortnite2008 and Stiffy in 2020.⁶⁴ The pair had met prior online on Minecraft and grew up in the neighbourhood of Merlo, Buenos Aires.⁶⁵

2Famous is an American underground hip-hop collective started by rappers Octi and Wintercastle in 2021.⁶⁶ The collective makes Bop music inspired by 2010s Chicago drill and much of their aesthetics are based around the 2003 game ToonTown Online.

Slime Krew (also known as TDF & Friends, stylized tdf & friends in lowercase, and The New Slayworld) is the unofficial name for a group of artists and producers who have collaborated frequently with one another. The group is known for popularizing the dark plugg and terror plugg sounds within the 2020s underground rap scene.⁶⁷ Members include OsamaSon, 1oneam, Ohsxnta, Okaymar, Wildkarduno, Smokingskul, TDF, Perc40, and Boolymon.⁶⁷ Affiliated acts include Thr33, Elijxhwtf, Luracks, 19thou, Twovrt, Thrty, and Marrgielaa.⁶⁷

Goth Money, also known as Goth Money Records, is an American hip-hop collective and record label. It was founded by Black Kray in 2013.