This lecture will focus on the power of Black girlhood and the rise of southern female Hip-Hop artists. It will explain how many foundational dances from the American south became pinnacle dances of the late ‘90s and 2000s, and explore their ties to southern Hip-Hop sounds.

Adeerya Johnson is a first-year PhD student in the Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia. Her research interest is Hip-Hop feminism, Black popular culture, critical race theories, and gentrification. Adeerya currently holds a MA in African American Studies and a BA in Psychology.