Filmmaker Examines Diversity In Atlanta’s Hip-Hop Scene

When filmmaker William Feagins moved to Atlanta, he was skeptical of the city’s hip-hop scene.

“I kind of had the perception that most people do that the music scene is going to be one-sided. It’s only going to sound like one artist,” said Feagins. “But as I go more involved in the scene, I found that there were a wide variety of artists here.”

Feagins has made several short documentaries that explore the diversity of hip-hop in Atlanta. A few hip-hop artists in his documentary “Underexposed” describe Atlanta as a place of “hip-hop gumbo.” Feagins found that this diversity is in part due to all the transplants who end up in Atlanta.