Greenville is the southernmost section of Jersey City, and its projects and blocks run through the city's rap record: Curries Woods, Sal-Laf Courts, Bidwell and Ocean, Lexington Avenue. This page gathers every entry in The Jersey City Sound whose sourced text places it in Greenville, with a cited entry for each.
Max YB represents the Curries Woods projects and the Uptop section and appears alongside DJ Swill B in the city's recent catalog. De$igner Boyz have roots across Curries Woods, Sal-Laf Courts, Bidwell and Ocean, and Lexington Avenue, with a catalog produced largely by Uncle YG and Herogawd. PressureOnline, an artist and media figure who operates pressureonline.com, also represents Curries Woods. The lyricist Harold Adamson, born in Greenville in 1906 and raised in Brooklyn, is the neighborhood's earliest documented name.
An entry appears here when its own facts or record card name Greenville or a place within it. The archive documents; it does not rank.
In the archive§
Musicians and singers (2)
Rappers, MCs and crews (2)
Places (1)
Questions, answered§
Which rappers are from Greenville, Jersey City?
In the archive so far: Max YB (Curries Woods, Uptop), De$igner Boyz (Curries Woods, Sal-Laf Courts, Bidwell and Ocean, Lexington Avenue) and PressureOnline (Curries Woods). Others are added as their entries are sourced.
Is Curries Woods in Greenville?
Yes. Curries Woods is a public housing complex in the Greenville section of Jersey City, and several entries name it as home.
Also in the archive§
Musicians from Jersey City: the complete archive · Jersey City DJs and the mixtape era · Jersey City music history: the timeline · Chilltown · On the Charts
Rappers from Jersey City · Famous Musicians Born in Jersey City · Famous People from Jersey City: Music and Entertainment · Jersey Club and Jersey City · Jersey City Music Venues, Record Stores and Studios · Jersey City High Schools and the Music That Came Through Them · Jersey City Slang in Music: 201 and Chilltown · Jersey City Music Before 1960 · Jersey City Music in the 1960s · Jersey City Music in the 1970s · Jersey City Music in the 1980s · Jersey City Music in the 1990s
Sources§
Every fact above is carried by the linked entries, each with its own numbered sources.
Archive page by Robert Van Liew · Last updated 2026-10-01