Walking in Memphis
This famous Memphis street is known for its blues clubs and nightlife.
What is Beale Street?
This Memphis rapper started CMG and signed artists like Moneybagg Yo and GloRilla.
Who is Yo Gotti?
This neighborhood is home to Elvis Presley’s Graceland.
What is Whitehaven?
In Memphis, if someone says junt, they are referring to what?
What is anything (a person, place, or thing)?
This artist was known as the King of Rock & Roll and lived in Memphis.
Who is Elvis Presley?
This pyramid-shaped building was once a sports arena and is now a Bass Pro Shop.
What is the Memphis Pyramid?
This Memphis entrepreneur founded FedEx.
Who is Fred Smith?
This North Memphis neighborhood produced legendary hip-hop artists like Yo Gotti.
What is Ridgecrest?
If a Memphian tells you “it’s up,” what do they mean?
What is a situation is about to go down (fight, argument, or big moment)?
This Memphis NBA team is known for their “Grit and Grind” era.
Who are the Memphis Grizzlies?
The Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, is now part of this museum.
What is the National Civil Rights Museum?
This DJ and producer is known for pioneering Memphis crunk music and working with Three 6 Mafia.
Who is DJ Paul?
This area is home to the Hickory Ridge Mall in Southeast Memphis.
What is Hickory Hill?
In Memphis, if someone says “mane,”what does it mean?
What is man or bro (a common greeting or emphasis word)?
This late rapper released the album “King of Memphis” in 2016.
Who is Young Dolph?
This historic neighborhood is home to the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.
What is Soulsville?
This famous Memphis-based retail store chain was known for selling deeply discounted merchandise.
What is Fred’s?
This historic neighborhood is known for its Victorian homes and the annual Cooper-Young Festival.
What is Cooper-Young?
This phrase, popularized by Three 6 Mafia, means “Let’s go” or “Turn up”
What is “Tear da Club Up”?
This historic Memphis high school is known for producing famous alumni like Penny Hardaway.
What is Treadwell High School?
This Memphis park, known for its large wooded area and trails, is bigger than NYC’s Central Park.
What is Shelby Farms Park?
The founder of this Memphis donut shop, which has been around since 1967, turned his business into a local icon.
Who is Howard Arrington (Gibson’s Donuts)?
This North Memphis neighborhood, home to Frayser Boy and Glorilla, has long been a major influence in Memphis hip-hop culture.
What is Frayser?
A Memphis OG might say “on my mama” or “On God” to emphasize what?
What is that they are telling the truth (swearing on their mother’s name)?
This Memphis-born civil rights leader became the first Black mayor of Memphis in 1991.
What is Who is Dr. Willie Herenton?