Who the first southern rapper to hit the mainstream big?

[MR. CLEEN]

I'M A CALI NIGGA , AND ALOT OF YALL ALL TOO YOUNG TO KNOW OR REMEMBER, BUT LUKE ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS LUKE SKYWALKER (BEFORE HE WAS SUED) WAS THE FIRST TO HIT IT OFF MAINSTREAM WITH 2 LIVE CREW. HE EVEN PUT OUT THE OLD SHY D ALBUMS WHICH WERE HUGE EVEN BEFORE THE GETO BOYS WERE EVEN ESTABLISHED AS A GROUP. "THE GRIP IT ON ANOTHER LEVEL" ALBUM HAD TO STRONG SONGS WITH THE GANGSTA OF LOVE SONG AND THE CALL ME SCARFACE SONG, BUT THEY WERE NOT AS HUGE AS THROW THAT "D", "GET IT GIRL" OR WE WANT SOME PUSSY". SHIT THE GUCCI CREW SAW SUCCESS WITH SALLY BEFORE THE GETO BOYS SAW SUCCESS. GETO BOYS AND SCARFACE DIDN'T EVEN SCORE BIG UNTIL THE MIND PLAYIN TRICKS SONG AND THE MR. SCARFACE ALBUM, BUT THAT WASN'T EVEN UNTIL 1991-92. SHIT SHY-D HAD A HIT CALLED "SHAKE IT" BACK IN 1987. "GOTTA BE TUFF" WAS A SEMI SUCCESS TOO. MASTER P DIDN'T COME UNTIL YEARS AND YEARS LATER... SHIT LUKE WAS THE ONLY NIGGA GOIN ON TOUR WITH THE BIG BOYS BACK THEN. I'M TALKIN THE EARLY TO MID 80'S FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW.