Southern Cultures: Hip-Hop: Volume 31, Number 2 - Summer 2025

It’s been thirty years since André ＂3000＂ Benjamin declared ＂the South got something to say,＂ and for the decades since this pivotal moment the region has spoken. In this issue, we contextualize Benjamin’s interruption and expand southern hip-hop’s historiographical and sociocultural landscapes. To cover the significance of southern hip-hop as life and culture, we need new language and fresh voices to speak to what makes southern hip-hop special--its resonance, (r)evolution, and reach.

Marcie Cohen Ferris is professor of American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a former president of the Southern Foodways Alliance.