Crunk is a fusion genre of hip hop music"Southern Rap", Billboard Aug 9, 2003, p.86 and electro"Lil Jon crunks up the volume", NY Times, November 28, 2004 that originated alongside the concept of crunk, meaning out-of-control crowd action. Crunk originated in the mid to late 1990s and gained mainstream success around 2003 - 2004, and there are a few crunk songs as of 2009."Southern Lights", Vibe Dec 2003 Performers of crunk music are sometimes denoted with the term crunksters.Miller, Matt: "Dir… (More on Crunk)