Sierra A. Porter, Des Moines Register
Published
12:40 pm UTC Feb. 10, 2021
As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive series, Hallowed Sound.
After years of disrespect from the East and West coast music scenes, Atlanta s rap and hip-hop artists broke out in the mid-1990s. In the years that followed, the city s music scene grew and evolved, developing crunk and trap styles that remain wildly popular today. Dig the top 30 classic songs that bumped out of Atlanta!