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 ...

Hustle & Flow and The Devil's Rejects burst onto the big screen on the same day, 20 years ago, with two sides of the South's ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...