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**Bottom of the Map**

Southern Hip-Hop: Explored. Explained. Exalted. Music journalist Christina Lee and hip-hop scholar Dr. Regina N. Bradley delve into passionate explorations and paradigm-shifting critiques of the culture that they love, and its undeniable impact on the world that clearly loves it. We make Bottom of the Map for all the ratchet intellectuals of the world. You know who you are. And we see you, because we are you. From Southern hip-hop’s connections to self-care, civil rights, marching bands, faith, feminism, business, fatherhood, strip club culture, and so much more, we’re having dope conversations that explore, explain and exalt Southern hip-hop. This is Bottom of the Map from BOTM Media and PRX.

Latest Episodes:

Freaknik Foreva, Eva? Jun 17, 2019

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Will the ghost of Freaknik ever die?

Stuntin’ Like My Daddy Jun 10, 2019

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We explore narratives of Hip-Hop Fatherhood to examine how artists grapple with their legacies, mortality, and lives outside of music.

Claimin' True: 25 Years of OutKast! Jun 03, 2019

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Celebrating 25 years since the release of OutKast's first album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. The South still got something to say.

Da Baddest Big Ol' Freak May 26, 2019

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Breaking down the blues woman archetype and the women in Southern hip-hop who carry the torch.

There's a Trap for That May 20, 2019

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We explore how the trap became commodified to create space for a new black cool. When did the trap start popping up at brunch, church, yoga?

We start off inside T.I’s Trap Music Museum in Atlanta. Then, we explore the various ways trap has been commodified, and we head to a Trap Pilates class…?! We explore whether trap’s commodification and the new connotations of trap aesthetics, such as Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” ft Juicy J and even “Trap Queen” by Fetty Wap, are dismissing those who the trap originally represented.

Welcome to Bottom of the Map May 03, 2019

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Dope women taking hip-hop conversation in a new direction.