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.

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 ...

Killer Mike's unique blend of insightful social commentary and southern hip-hop has earned him a place among the most respected rappers around. 32. Pastor Troy Hometown: College Park, Georgia ...

And women are using their reach to drive the conversation forward. “If hip-hop is being a voice for the marginalized, then women talk about submarginalized communities,” says Bonnette-Bailey.

Southern hip-hop’s influence continues shaping modern music through strategic sampling, with artists like Future, GloRilla and Sexyy Red drawing from classic Southern tracks. Recently, Juicy J ...

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.

Lately, Southern Hip-Hop has been anything but hospitable. The beef between Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane is still on people’s minds. Lil Wayne’s current controversies over his Emmett Till lyrics ...

9. T.I. T.I. might have the smoothest, most effortless flow in all of hip-hop: He sounds like he's just talking, but he's also rhyming and clowning his haters at the same damn time.

Jay-Z is far from new to this. The hip-hop mogul has made a career out of being affiliated with what’s current in music and has been making records with southern artists for decades.

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 ...

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 ...

If there was a periodic table for what southern hip-hop sounds and feels like, blues guitars and strip club visits would be two key elements. Tela's 1996 hit "Sho Nuff" has healthy doses of both.