How Hip-Hop Made Atlanta:The Dungeon Family's Audiovisual Representations of Atlanta

From the venue:

Trap music gets dismissed as nihilistic, or celebrated without being understood. Dr. Regina N. Bradley is here to read it correctly.

In this session, Dr. Bradley examines trap as a form of critical storytelling: a genre that documents labor, aspiration, inequality, and survival. Trap music is unflinching about the structural realities of Atlanta's neighborhoods. It is equally clear-eyed about what it takes to build a life, find agency, and imagine a future inside those constraints.

Come ready to reconsider everything you thought you knew about the music coming out of this city.

The session includes a 45–60 minute presentation followed by facilitated discussion and Q&A.