Christina Lee
@minaannlee.bsky.social
Skatin' on ice like I'm Kristi Yamaguchi. www.christinalee.me
For sure! The Bitter Southerner is looking into this.
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
For sure! The Bitter Southerner is looking into this.
Reposted by Christina Lee
There are few writers I'd trust to authentically speak on Atlanta hip-hop. Christina remains one of them, and this piece demonstrates why you should too.
Lululemon may be the new Polo. But besides that, Atlanta rap sounded ripped off DatPiff like it was 2009 again.
My latest is about the larger significance of this nostalgia - how it helped a scene move on from major losses, and made a case for Skooly as a pioneer: www.complex.com/music/a/mina...
My latest is about the larger significance of this nostalgia - how it helped a scene move on from major losses, and made a case for Skooly as a pioneer: www.complex.com/music/a/mina...
In 2025, Atlanta Hip-Hop Got Its Swag Back
An essay about modern Atlanta hip-hop embracing nostalgia...
www.complex.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
There are few writers I'd trust to authentically speak on Atlanta hip-hop. Christina remains one of them, and this piece demonstrates why you should too.
I appreciate this so much, thank you Gary!
December 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I appreciate this so much, thank you Gary!
Lululemon may be the new Polo. But besides that, Atlanta rap sounded ripped off DatPiff like it was 2009 again.
My latest is about the larger significance of this nostalgia - how it helped a scene move on from major losses, and made a case for Skooly as a pioneer: www.complex.com/music/a/mina...
My latest is about the larger significance of this nostalgia - how it helped a scene move on from major losses, and made a case for Skooly as a pioneer: www.complex.com/music/a/mina...
In 2025, Atlanta Hip-Hop Got Its Swag Back
An essay about modern Atlanta hip-hop embracing nostalgia...
www.complex.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Lululemon may be the new Polo. But besides that, Atlanta rap sounded ripped off DatPiff like it was 2009 again.
My latest is about the larger significance of this nostalgia - how it helped a scene move on from major losses, and made a case for Skooly as a pioneer: www.complex.com/music/a/mina...
My latest is about the larger significance of this nostalgia - how it helped a scene move on from major losses, and made a case for Skooly as a pioneer: www.complex.com/music/a/mina...
Reposted by Christina Lee
‘Atlanta Is …’ podcast dives into what makes the city unique
Peters Street. Morris Brown. Club 559. For any local who knows their stuff, all of these names are synonymous with Atlanta. And the new podcast “Atlanta Is…” is diving deeper into the institutions, art, and culture that make Atlanta…
Peters Street. Morris Brown. Club 559. For any local who knows their stuff, all of these names are synonymous with Atlanta. And the new podcast “Atlanta Is…” is diving deeper into the institutions, art, and culture that make Atlanta…
‘Atlanta Is …’ podcast dives into what makes the city unique
Peters Street. Morris Brown. Club 559. For any local who knows their stuff, all of these names are synonymous with Atlanta. And the new podcast “Atlanta Is…” is diving deeper into the institutions, art, and culture that make Atlanta unique. The podcast, produced by Will Packer Productions and Complex, features eight episodes that spotlight the stories behind Atlanta’s music scene, politics, film, religion, and more. To help decide what those stories should be, the production team brought in a trio of experts. Jewel Wicker, Maurice Garland, and Christina Lee serve as hosts of the podcast, tasked with figuring out just how those eight episodes should be divided up.
roughdraftatlanta.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
‘Atlanta Is …’ podcast dives into what makes the city unique
Peters Street. Morris Brown. Club 559. For any local who knows their stuff, all of these names are synonymous with Atlanta. And the new podcast “Atlanta Is…” is diving deeper into the institutions, art, and culture that make Atlanta…
Peters Street. Morris Brown. Club 559. For any local who knows their stuff, all of these names are synonymous with Atlanta. And the new podcast “Atlanta Is…” is diving deeper into the institutions, art, and culture that make Atlanta…
Department Store was supposed to be a live jazz bar.
Instead, it launched the next generation of rap, as a pit stop for 21 Savage and Playboi Carti, where you'd see Earthgang, OG Maco and Bankroll Fresh take off.
Episode 7 of #AtlantaIs, hosted by me, is out now: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Instead, it launched the next generation of rap, as a pit stop for 21 Savage and Playboi Carti, where you'd see Earthgang, OG Maco and Bankroll Fresh take off.
Episode 7 of #AtlantaIs, hosted by me, is out now: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
…a Department Store Party - Atlanta Is... | iHeart
<p>How a dive bar near MLK’s Ebenezer Baptist Church became the center of a dynamic underground scene in the mid 2010s, and how it’s had an outsized influence on today’s hip-hop.</p>...
www.iheart.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Department Store was supposed to be a live jazz bar.
Instead, it launched the next generation of rap, as a pit stop for 21 Savage and Playboi Carti, where you'd see Earthgang, OG Maco and Bankroll Fresh take off.
Episode 7 of #AtlantaIs, hosted by me, is out now: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Instead, it launched the next generation of rap, as a pit stop for 21 Savage and Playboi Carti, where you'd see Earthgang, OG Maco and Bankroll Fresh take off.
Episode 7 of #AtlantaIs, hosted by me, is out now: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
That's wonderful, thank you so much!
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
That's wonderful, thank you so much!
Reposted by Christina Lee
I look forward to this @bittersouth.bsky.social list every year, and it's more important than ever: "AI artists have since topped country and even Christian music charts. Which is ironic, since nobody prayed for this."
Don’t waste your time with AI slop. These albums have what you’ve been searching for, and more, this whole year.
This year, @bittersouth.bsky.social tapped me to write about the best Southern music of 2025. Check it out, and let me know your top five, ten, 20. bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...
This year, @bittersouth.bsky.social tapped me to write about the best Southern music of 2025. Check it out, and let me know your top five, ten, 20. bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...
Best Southern Albums of 2025 — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
The Algorithm Is on Our Last Nerve.
bittersoutherner.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I look forward to this @bittersouth.bsky.social list every year, and it's more important than ever: "AI artists have since topped country and even Christian music charts. Which is ironic, since nobody prayed for this."
Until then, episode 6 — about Atlanta's reputation as a Black mecca, and how Peters Street both reinforces and complicates that reputation — is out now, and hosted by Maurice Garland, because of course: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
…Open for Business? - Atlanta Is... | iHeart
<p>How Atlanta’s reputation as the Mecca for Black business attracts entrepreneurs from around the country, and how conflicting visions of Black entrepreneurship have played out on one street in...
www.iheart.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Until then, episode 6 — about Atlanta's reputation as a Black mecca, and how Peters Street both reinforces and complicates that reputation — is out now, and hosted by Maurice Garland, because of course: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Previously, the incomparable Rose Scott had us on air to officially lobby for a season 2. We're just saying. www.wabe.org/atlanta-is-p...
‘Atlanta Is…’ podcast explores stories behind Atlanta’s history, culture and more
The “Atlanta Is…” eight-episode podcast series explores the city’s history and culture, spotlighting stories behind Atlanta’s music, film industry, religion, politics and more. On Monday’s edition of ...
www.wabe.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Previously, the incomparable Rose Scott had us on air to officially lobby for a season 2. We're just saying. www.wabe.org/atlanta-is-p...
Shoutout to @wabe.org for having me, Maurice Garland and @jewelwickershow.bsky.social on to talk #AtlantaIs not once, but twice.
Earlier this week, Maurice and I taped the live season finale of What's Good, Atlanta? with comedy legends David Purdue and Mark Kendall. omny.fm/shows/whats-...
Earlier this week, Maurice and I taped the live season finale of What's Good, Atlanta? with comedy legends David Purdue and Mark Kendall. omny.fm/shows/whats-...
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Shoutout to @wabe.org for having me, Maurice Garland and @jewelwickershow.bsky.social on to talk #AtlantaIs not once, but twice.
Earlier this week, Maurice and I taped the live season finale of What's Good, Atlanta? with comedy legends David Purdue and Mark Kendall. omny.fm/shows/whats-...
Earlier this week, Maurice and I taped the live season finale of What's Good, Atlanta? with comedy legends David Purdue and Mark Kendall. omny.fm/shows/whats-...
SO good. I am so excited to hear more from Gabriel
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
SO good. I am so excited to hear more from Gabriel
Don’t waste your time with AI slop. These albums have what you’ve been searching for, and more, this whole year.
This year, @bittersouth.bsky.social tapped me to write about the best Southern music of 2025. Check it out, and let me know your top five, ten, 20. bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...
This year, @bittersouth.bsky.social tapped me to write about the best Southern music of 2025. Check it out, and let me know your top five, ten, 20. bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...
Best Southern Albums of 2025 — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
The Algorithm Is on Our Last Nerve.
bittersoutherner.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Don’t waste your time with AI slop. These albums have what you’ve been searching for, and more, this whole year.
This year, @bittersouth.bsky.social tapped me to write about the best Southern music of 2025. Check it out, and let me know your top five, ten, 20. bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...
This year, @bittersouth.bsky.social tapped me to write about the best Southern music of 2025. Check it out, and let me know your top five, ten, 20. bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...
Reposted by Christina Lee
Christina Lee is an Ambie-nominated host, writer, and producer who "...stumbled into podcasting back in 2017, when [she] cohosted a podcast for WABE and PRX called "Bottom of the Map." [She] joined AIR because [she] has show ideas of [her] own and wants to learn how to bring them to life."
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Christina Lee is an Ambie-nominated host, writer, and producer who "...stumbled into podcasting back in 2017, when [she] cohosted a podcast for WABE and PRX called "Bottom of the Map." [She] joined AIR because [she] has show ideas of [her] own and wants to learn how to bring them to life."
By Andre 3000's Source Awards speech in 1995, Atlanta's first 24-hour rap station was just getting started—in a city that was scared to play rap for even an hour.
How did Hot 97.5 stand a chance? Ep. 1 of #AtlantaIs talks to the folks who put up a good fight, including some intern named Ludacris.
How did Hot 97.5 stand a chance? Ep. 1 of #AtlantaIs talks to the folks who put up a good fight, including some intern named Ludacris.
…Where Rap Moved the Dial - Atlanta Is... | iHeart
<p>How a dedicated group of DJs and radio programmers fought an uphill battle to get rap music played on the airwaves in ‘90s Atlanta, and how one of the city’s most famous homegrown stars...
www.iheart.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
By Andre 3000's Source Awards speech in 1995, Atlanta's first 24-hour rap station was just getting started—in a city that was scared to play rap for even an hour.
How did Hot 97.5 stand a chance? Ep. 1 of #AtlantaIs talks to the folks who put up a good fight, including some intern named Ludacris.
How did Hot 97.5 stand a chance? Ep. 1 of #AtlantaIs talks to the folks who put up a good fight, including some intern named Ludacris.
Reposted by Christina Lee
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
This also means that for the first time in a year, I'm available for new projects and clients. Would love to chat about how we can make more cool shit together. www.christinalee.me
November 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This also means that for the first time in a year, I'm available for new projects and clients. Would love to chat about how we can make more cool shit together. www.christinalee.me
Reposted by Christina Lee
If @minaannlee.bsky.social put it together, you know it's legit.
For the past year, I've been working on a show about the city I call home. That show is called "Atlanta Is...," and it is a truly stacked production ... starting with who's narrating our trailer: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Atlanta Is... | iHeart
From the underground clubs that birthed music that took over the world, to the hustlers who made the city a mecca for filmmaking, and the churches whose pastors influence politics, “Atlanta Is…” tells...
www.iheart.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If @minaannlee.bsky.social put it together, you know it's legit.
For the past year, I've been working on a show about the city I call home. That show is called "Atlanta Is...," and it is a truly stacked production ... starting with who's narrating our trailer: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Atlanta Is... | iHeart
From the underground clubs that birthed music that took over the world, to the hustlers who made the city a mecca for filmmaking, and the churches whose pastors influence politics, “Atlanta Is…” tells...
www.iheart.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For the past year, I've been working on a show about the city I call home. That show is called "Atlanta Is...," and it is a truly stacked production ... starting with who's narrating our trailer: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Reposted by Christina Lee
i pre-ordered the UY SCUTI vinyl assuming it would be good (i was wrong) and what arrived is a totally different tracklisting with a bunch of new songs…it’s a short, mediocre, weirdly tender thug record as opposed to the 75+ minute datadump that’s on streaming
September 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
i pre-ordered the UY SCUTI vinyl assuming it would be good (i was wrong) and what arrived is a totally different tracklisting with a bunch of new songs…it’s a short, mediocre, weirdly tender thug record as opposed to the 75+ minute datadump that’s on streaming
In this age of celebrity chatcasts, all I want is an updated Red Bull Music Academy lecture with Metro Boomin and Young Dro
August 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In this age of celebrity chatcasts, all I want is an updated Red Bull Music Academy lecture with Metro Boomin and Young Dro
Reposted by Christina Lee
I wrote about the recent “discussion” about how Martin treated Pam and how it bums me out that so many of us just flat out refuse to have conversations about stuff we love anymore. Stan culture and anti-intellectualism about *art* is ruining us.
andscape.com/features/on-...
andscape.com/features/on-...
On ‘Martin,’ Pam and how we talk about art we love
Ari Lennox's recent comments pave the way for an important conversation
andscape.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I wrote about the recent “discussion” about how Martin treated Pam and how it bums me out that so many of us just flat out refuse to have conversations about stuff we love anymore. Stan culture and anti-intellectualism about *art* is ruining us.
andscape.com/features/on-...
andscape.com/features/on-...
My friends at documentary studio Rap Portraits have been putting out a zine that features an essay by music journalist Yoh and reader submissions that are equally as thoughtful.
Literally jumped at the chance to copy edit the latest edition. Read and download it here: rapportraits.substack.com
Literally jumped at the chance to copy edit the latest edition. Read and download it here: rapportraits.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My friends at documentary studio Rap Portraits have been putting out a zine that features an essay by music journalist Yoh and reader submissions that are equally as thoughtful.
Literally jumped at the chance to copy edit the latest edition. Read and download it here: rapportraits.substack.com
Literally jumped at the chance to copy edit the latest edition. Read and download it here: rapportraits.substack.com