Prison Phone Rappers: A New Genre is Emerging in Hip-Hop in 2025
Prison Phone Rappers: A New Genre is Emerging in Hip-Hop in 2025
Tory Lanez, Mozzy, Tsu Surf, Yatta, King Raymond, 03 Greedo, and many more artists have released commercially successful tracks recorded entirely through prison phones—paving the way for a powerful new subgenre in hip-hop.
With over 2 million people currently incarcerated in the United States, each with a powerful and often overlooked story, a movement is growing. These narratives—raw, emotional, and authentic—are now being told on major digital music platforms across the globe.
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Seattle, Washington, USA
Everyone has a dream. Everyone has a story worth sharing. Many of us have experienced the same pain and struggles without even realizing it. Nearly every family in America has been touched by incarceration—through a loved one, a friend, or someone in the community.
Sadly, many incarcerated individuals are forgotten as the days, weeks, and months pass. These sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers deserve to be seen, heard, and respected. When society turns its back on them, it risks losing some of the most resilient and talented individuals within it.
Trench Monster Entertainment invites the world to walk through the trenches—to listen, to feel, and to witness the incredible creativity and stories hidden behind concrete walls, steel bars, and razor wire.
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The Industry-Leading Trench Monster Prison Phone Studio
At the heart of this movement is the Trench Monster Prison Phone Studio—our exclusive recording system designed to transform low-fidelity prison phone calls into high-quality, industry-standard tracks ready for commercial release.
We’ve developed and implemented proprietary, studio-grade enhancement technology that processes, mixes, and masters prison phone audio using a specialized chain of advanced software tools and analog equipment. Our engineers are trained specifically in prison phone vocal dynamics, allowing us to overcome noise interference, time restrictions, and tonal limitations unique to correctional phone systems.
Why we’re the best in the world:
Real-Time Vocal Cleanup: We use advanced AI-driven noise reduction tools paired with analog warmth restoration to create radio-ready sound.
Custom Mastering Chain: Built specifically for prison phone audio, we simulate studio booth depth and presence using multiband enhancement and spectral balancing techniques.
Sync Integration: We ensure that voice recordings—often completed in 15-minute segments—are seamlessly stitched, aligned, and produced to match professional instrumentation.
Secure, Private & Scalable: Artists and their teams can securely submit phone audio from correctional facilities anywhere in the country. We handle everything else—from engineering to publishing.
Global Distribution: Finished songs are distributed across all major platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube.
The result: Major-label quality music, from a prison phone.
What was once thought impossible is now industry-defining. We’ve taken the most restricted vocal environment in the world—and turned it into a global microphone.
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About Trench Monster Ent.
Founded in Seattle, Washington, Trench Monster Entertainment is a full-service record label, production company, music publisher, and entertainment brand. While the label works across all areas of street-focused hip-hop and drill music, its primary focus is now pioneering the Incarcerated Music Scene—empowering artists behind bars to be heard, respected, and compensated.
Founder King Raymond, a respected rapper and entrepreneur, brings lived experience, industry insight, and unshakable vision to this mission. His personal history with the American justice system has given him not only understanding—but purpose.
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The prison phone is no longer a barrier—it’s the mic for the unheard.
This is more than music.
This is history in the making.
Welcome to Prison Phone Rap—powered by Trench Monster Ent.