The Amistad Research Center is the nation's oldest, largest, and most comprehensive independent archive specializing in African American history: " Amistad Research Center,". 4 The NOLA Hip-Hop Archive is the first university-affiliated rap archive in the Deep South: "NOLA Hip-hop Archive,". which was featured at the Smithsonian-affiliated Ogden Museum of Southern Art in 2010, and the NOLA Hip-Hop Archive, which I founded in 2012 and is housed at the Amistad Research Center. Two archival projects have brought further attention to New Orleans rap: the Where They At bounce exhibit by Alison Fensterstock and Aubrey Edwards, 3 Archival photographs and audio excerpts of accompanying oral history interviews can be found at " Where They At,". For Big Freedia's response to Miley Cyrus, see Jason Newman, " Bounce Queen Big Freedia Slams Miley Cyrus' Twerking," FUSE TV, August 18, 2013. 2 Nico Lang, " Cultural Appropriation Is a Bigger Problem than Miley Cyrus," Thought Catalog, August 26, 2013. New Orleans bounce twerking became a mainstream topic in 2013 via Miley Cyrus's controversial career reinvention. Cash Money bling remains lodged in the pop culture psyche while Young Money, though now more closely associated with Miami than New Orleans, entertains a new generation. Big Freedia is a critical darling of bounce, New Orleans's dance-centric rap genre. New Orleans rap is everywhere and nowhere. Courtesy of Mikey Wally, Creative Commons License CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0. Courtsey of Georgetown Voice, Creative Commons License CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0.īig Freedia at Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, California, January 26, 2012. Photograph by Flickr user Georgetown Voice. Lil Wayne plays the guitar, Washington, DC, January 15, 2008. Hollygrove Mikey, "Make Medicine Sick" 1 " Hollygrove Mikey, The Ca$hius Clay Tape,". I used that Katrina water to master my flow. This series is guest edited by Grace Elizabeth Hale, Commonwealth Chair of American Studies, professor of history, and director of the American Studies Program at the University of Virginia. Soundings is an ongoing series of interdisciplinary, multimedia publications that use historical, ethnographic, musicological, and documentary methods to map and explore southern musics and related practices.
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