The South Got Something to Say

WRITERS: Ernie Suggs and DeAsia Paige
DIRS: Ryon Horne and Tyson Horne
PRODS: DeAsia Paige, Ernie Suggs, Sandra Brown, Byron Horne, Leroy Chapman and Andrew Morse

Hip-hop was born in New York and spread to LA, but its soul is in Atlanta. Shaped by the South’s complexities and contradictions – civil rights and racial tension, wealth and poverty, tradition and innovation, churches and strip clubs – Atlanta pioneers played up their roots and spread the gospel of Atlanta hip-hop. From 808s to trap to crunk and snap, Atlanta created a new musical language, dominated the charts and gained global influence. In 1995, it was declared “The South Got Something to Say,” and the world has been listening ever since.

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