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Gaining his nickname using a life of crime that arrived him a two-year stint in jail, Atlanta MC Hassle had just agreed upon a recording deal when he was captured in a house invasion that finished in kidnapping and armed-robbery fees. The agreement was with Duct Tape Entertainment, and Difficulty …

Kenneth Ray “Thumbs” Carllile was a forward thinking guitarist and songwriter. The boy of the impoverished Illinois tenant farmer, he started playing music at age eight after his sister Evelyn earned a Dobro for offering balm. He utilized the new device a lot that his annoyed sister hid the metal …

Often referred to as a cross between Alabama and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Confederate Railroad produced their name using a party-ready hybrid of modern country and Southern rock, which also earned them comparisons to Charlie Daniels and Hank Williams, Jr. Their trashy, roughneck closet was an excellent indicator of the rowdy, tongue-in-cheek …

After a false focus on 50 Cent’s G-Unit label, the career of O.T. Genasis really became popular when Busta Rhymes captured the Atlanta-born, Long Beach-raised rapper executing the early-2014 one “Touchdown” not really once, not double, not 3 x, but four consecutive situations for a challenging but rapt audience. Blessed …

From his bedroom to sold-out shows, electronic maker Herobust rose to prominence alongside big basslines and Southern hip-hop stylings, like crunk and trap, that centered on deep percussion and rap rawness. Given birth to Hayden Kramer in Atlanta, Georgia, Herobust began producing music as an adolescent, creating Dirty South-style rap …