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The following is a list of Internet rap collectives.^[1] Internet rap is a style of hip-hop that emerged in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

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.^[3][4]

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, simply known as Odd Future and often abbreviated as OF or OFWGKTA,^[5][6] 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.^[10][11]

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.^[13][14]

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.^[17][18][19]

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.^[21][22]

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”.^[23][24]   

Helix Tears is an American-Canadian digicore collective formed in 2018 by Blackwinterwells.^[25][26][27] Notable members include Blackwinterwells,^[28][29][30] Twikipedia, Babs,^[31] 8485,^{[32][33][34][35]} Quinn,^[36] Quannnic, Kuru and Midwxst.^[37][38]

Jewelxxet (stylized in uppercase) was an internet rap collective formed by rappers Luci4 and Islurwhenitalk.^[39] The group is most known for pioneering the microgenre sigilkore.^[39][39] Several notable artists later joined the group such as 2shanez, Sellasouls, MajinBlxxdy, Bacleo, Xaviersobased and St47ic.^[39]

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 duo Oscar18 and Buckshot, having met them through social media after Steckler made posts showing interests to expand the Mound.^[40]

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.”^[41] Notable members include musician Tek Lintowe who was formerly of the group.^[42]

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.^[43][44] Notable members include Phreshboyswag, St47ic, Zayguapkid, Ksuuvi, Ss3bby, Defficile (Bleood) and Tenkay.

WitchGang is an American internet rap collective formed by rapper St47ic who coined the microgenre 2k13 Hood EDM.^[45][46] The group has been described by British magazine I-D as an “anarchic collective” which featured rappers such as p6nk.^[45][47]

StepTeam (stylized as #stepTeam) is an Internet rap and plugg production collective consisting of producers ivvys, maajins and sxprano.^[48][49] The group pioneered an “off-kilter” and glitchy production style.^[48][50] 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.”^[51] Xang’s collective DPM (Deep and Powerful Music) was also considered to be a inspiration for StepTeam’s production style as well.^[52]

Ø Way (also known as Phønk Døllaworldwide) is an Atlanta-based rap collective. An evolved version of 4ET, 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.^[53][54] Olivier Lafontant of Pitchfork wrote how the “chameleonic, Auto-Tuned sex-symbol rap of 2010s YSL” lives on within the collective.^[55] Affiliates of the collective include Percaso, and Young Thug, who works closely with members of the collective such as Tezzus and Diamond.

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