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Although the music scene of Atlanta is rich and varied, the city's production of hip-hop music has been especially noteworthy, acclaimed, and commercially successful. In 2009, The New York Times called Atlanta "hip-hop's center of gravity", [1] and the city is home to many famous hip hop, R&B, and neo soul [2] musicians.
Atlanta has a thriving music industry and is considered to be a capital of hip-hop including crunk, of R&B and its offshoot neo-soul, and of gospel music - in addition to a thriving indie-rock and live music scene. Classical, country and blues have historically been well represented. [1]
After years of disrespect from the East and West coast music scenes, Atlanta's rap and hip-hop artists broke out in the mid-1990s. 30 songs that put Atlanta hip-hop on the map, ranked Skip to main ...
Atlanta's rap scene had been flowering for decades, but, says mixtape king DJ Drama, '2003 was the turning point. The city was it, you could feel it.' The year Outkast and Atlanta took over hip-hop
This is a list of hip-hop artists that were born or raised in Atlanta, Georgia and the surrounding suburban areas. Many of these artists continue to be a part of the Atlanta hip hop scene. Atlanta hip hop artists
The killings stunned the city’s club scene — and Barnes’ death marked the end of an era for Atlanta hip-hop, as one music writer put it. But the fatal shooting of Tiffany Jackson Pugh was ...
Atlanta hip hop Atlanta has been called "hip-hop's center of gravity," [4] and the city is considered is a capital of hip hop, including Southern hip hop, of R&B and of neo soul. The city is the current home or birthplace of many hip-hop artists including Lil Jon, Ludacris, B.o.B and Usher.
Sleepy Brown, Rico Wade, and Ray Murray—collectively known as Atlanta hip-hop production team Organized Noize—were getting a little nervous. It was 2000, and OutKast (Big Boi and André 3000 ...