HOW HIP-HOP MADE ATLANTA: ATLANTA'S HIP HOP GEOGRAPHY

From the venue:

How Hip-Hop Made Atlanta is a three-part public lecture series by Dr. Regina N. Bradley. Each session examines Atlanta's hip-hop culture as a lens for understanding American identity, civic life, and regional history — from the geography that shaped the movement's earliest days, to the Dungeon Family's reinvention of the Southern Black experience, to trap music's unflinching portrait of labor and survival.

In this session, Dr. Regina N. Bradley traces the streets, studios, clubs, and gathering spaces that turned Atlanta into a hip-hop capital. Through lyrics, media, and historical context, she asks how neighborhoods become origin stories and how geography shapes culture and memory.