California Quote by Zaytoven

Rap's the only music that they categorize like that. That's one thing that I hate, like, down South rap, or up North rap. Country…

— Jadakiss

I feel like I'm doing something in Atlanta that nobody ever did as far as rap. If it happens to end up on the…

— Nayvadius Cash

Atlanta is just different. It's the music city.

— Lil Durk

Oh man, I love what the South brings as far as the soul, and I really have noticed from even the early days of…

— Common

I was really only around country music on the radio, and I think because I grew up so close to Atlanta, and R&B was…

— Sam Hunt

Atlanta is a very good scene for the type of music I'm making. The biggest radio stations are all trap or rap stations. All…

— Murda Beatz

New Orleans is just so full of culture in the music content - blues, folk. I was introduced to a lot of things. My…

— Luke James

When I first got to Los Angeles, hip-hop music was a scary thing not only to white America but to middle-class black America.

— The D.O.C

I grew up on Wu-Tang and Tribe and Nas, all the raw, very New York-driven music. Then when I got older - in my…

— Logic

I plan on making my mark on the legacy of hip-hop, period, but also in Atlanta production because there's a lot of history there.

— Metro Boomin

Atlanta is down south, the club. So the most thing played down there is club music. Everybody wants a hit.

— Lil Uzi Vert

I'm from Atlanta, but I don't really consider myself an 'Atlanta rapper.'

— Lil Nas X