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Aug 19, 2021 · Atlanta rapper Latto’s single “B*tch From Da Souf” went platinum. Up-and-comer PAP Chanel, from Milledgeville, hasn’t even released her first album yet, but the video for her song with ...
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Aug 2, 2023 · Southern Hip-Hop Feminists Got Something to Say: The Ms. Q&A on Hip-Hop’s Reverse Migration. 8/2/2023 by Janell Hobson. For hip-hop’s 50th anniversary this year, “ Turning 50: Looking Back at the Women in Hip-Hop ” recognizes the women who shaped the genre.
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It’s a few days after hip-hop magazineXXLannounced its popular Freshman Class of 2021, a list highlighting rap newbies to watch, and 23-year-old Rubi Rose has mixed emotions. On the one hand, she’s thankful to be included among artists she respects on a lineup that includes more women than ever before; on the other, she’s agitated because with the ...
The music industry can seem like a puzzle with up-and-coming artists shifting themselves like pieces to find their place, but fitting in is the last thing on this 22-year-old’s mind. Kodie Shane, whose music leans toward alternative R&B rap, wants to create her own genre. She calls that the “Drake effect.” (The eponymous artist essentially rebuilt ...
Yani Mo describes her music as “country queer soul.” “Country” references her upbringing in the South—specifically Lithonia, an area she dubbed “Zone 6.5” (a nod to the police zone nearest her, East Atlanta’s Zone 6). “Queer” signals her intended audience: “the African diaspora and queer folks in the South.” “Soul” speaks to what interests her most...
Londynn B wasn’t supposed to be a rapper. The 27-year-old New York native comes from a family of R&B singers. When Londynn—who, as a kid, bounced between New York City and the South—moved back to Atlanta six years ago to pursue music, she thought that would be her path, too. But one day, taking a break from recording her debut R&B album, she was me...
It was Aasha Adore, a fellow Baltimore transplant and Goodie Mob’s DJ, who first told Malita Rice she should get into music-industry management. “How do I do that?” Rice asked. This was in the 2010s. Rice had moved to attend Clark Atlanta University, but now, she was busy waitressing and helping friends like Sonny Digital break into the local scene...
Relocating from Florida to Georgia was supposed to be a strategic move for Central Booking Entertainment, the label Patricia Williams cofounded with her husband. A decade in, though, they separated and closed the company. Williams grew frustrated with trying to break into the music industry, and, in 2009, set aside those dreams altogether. Several ...
Sometimes all it takes is one video going viral. For LightSkinKeisha, it was a 15-second clip showing her and some friends doing their hair and makeup in the bathroom while a friend dances to Keisha’s snappy chant, “burnt p*ssy lips.” It got tens of thousands of views on YouTube—and paved the way for her next viral hit. The 26-year-old Decatur nati...
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Aug 15, 2023 · Southern Hip-Hop Artists On the Rise. If the Dirty South is the future, the future of Southern hip-hop is female. Jucee Froot, GloRilla, Doechii, Kaliii, KenTheMan, Monaleo, TiaCorine and Baby Tate are among the latest rappers to carry the Dirty South sound and aesthetic.
Aug 7, 2020 · August 7, 2020 • NPR Music has launched The South Got Something To Say, a canon of Southern hip-hop. Its creator, critic Briana Younger, and NPR's Rodney Carmichael explained the project on All ...
Aug 3, 2020 · In the '90s and early 2000s, when the Source was held as the bible for all things hip-hop, only two Southern artists ever received the coveted 5 Mic rating — OutKast, for Aquemini, and Scarface ...
Aug 3, 2020 · Growing up around East Atlanta, 21 Savage has Gucci Mane to thank for showing him how to transition from shootouts to street hits. But unlike Migos and Young Thug, who inherited Gucci's sense of ...
