Oftentimes, hip-hop, just like the nation, overlooks the South. One only needs to listen to Tokyo Jetz and Hood Brat, two Florida rappers featured in the series, to pick up the difference.

Twenty years after the release of his breakout album, The People’s Champ, Paul Wall has graduated to ambassador of the great ...

Westhoff names 2 Live Crew's Luther Campbell as the godfather of Southern hip-hop, and cites No Limit, Rap-A-Lot and Cash Money record labels for helping the movement gain exposure.

Being that hip-hop is a musical genre tied closely to a cultural movement, the impact of released materials is subject to thorough evaluation. There are numerous albums with impenetrable accolades ...

Westhoff populates his book with a multitude of such punchy nuggets as he chronicles the rise and relevance of southern hip-hop, a subgenre whose influence is often forgotten by mainstream critics ...

They favored loose, thick grooves that were grounded in hip-hop but also remained conscious of R&B’s storied history; these allowed MCs like André 3000, Big Boi and Cee-Lo, with their Southern ...

When it comes to women in southern hip-hop - heck, hip-hop in general, Missy Elliott holds it down as a consummate innovator. That goes for women and men. Gender is no matter.

Goodie Mob Stereotypically Southern and smart at the same time, Khujo, T-Mo, Gipp and Cee-Lo’s 1995 debut, “Soul Food,” made it hard for hip-hop audiences to take Atlanta lightly any longer.

Dirty South: Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop tells the tales of some of Southern rap's biggest acts while simultaneously trying to unpack the ...

After years of extensive research, we finally feel as if we've cracked the code of how to make a successful southern hip-hop track.So, with that, we present to you, after the jump, a major ...

Produced by 2 Live Crew's DJ, Mr. Mixx, 2 Low Life Muthas paid respect to what put the city on the map, while also exploring other lanes in hip-hop beyond South Florida.