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\u201cMusic journalism doesn't have to be chasing celebrities or whether this music is good or not. You can ask what does it mean \u2014 and sometimes that itself can be provocative. Being in Atlanta opened my eyes to the work that we do.\u201d\nChristina Lee is a music journalist who\u2019s covered Atlanta\u2019s hip hop scene for over a decade. Her award-winning culture reporting and criticism appears in Billboard, The Guardian, NPR Music, Vulture,The Washington Post and more.\xa0Christina goes so far beyond just covering the fun celebrity aspect of music - she has a real community and social angle to her work - covering the local - and national impact of elements like criminal justice, RICO statutes, gentrification, and even jury duty - and what they mean to our society at large. Basically punk rock for journalism - work that is definitely worth a read. Christina\u2019s a contributing editor to community journalism nonprofit Canopy Atlanta. She also co-host and co-write the limited podcast series \u201cKing Slime: The Prosecution of Young Thug and YSL\u201d - covering the ongoing trial of Jeffery Lamar Williams, known across the globe as Young Thug. This is a show not just following an ongoing case, but really digging into the whys of the prosecution - in Atlanta of all places - which has become a modern day mecca to hip hop and Black culture. Beyond her work - and as rad as Christina sounds - and is - it was really interesting to hear her growing up between two cultures in the suburbs of Maryland, and how MTV gave her a glimpse into what writing and journalism could be.\xa0\n\nLEARN ABOUT CHRISTINA\n\nchristinalee.me\n\nPOD: iheart.com/podcast/1119-king-slime-the-prosecutio-120640605\n\n\ntwitter.com/MinaAnnLee\n\n\nMENTIONS\n\nBAND: Fugees - allmusic.com/artist/fugees-mn0000182415/\n\n\nZINE: Canopy Atlanta - canopyatlanta.org\n\n\nPaste Magazine - pastemagazine.com\n\n\nZINE: Creative Loafing - creativeloafing.com\n\n\nPOD: Rodney Carmichael // Louder Than a Riot - npr.org/podcasts/510357/louder-than-a-riot\n\n\nBOOK: Fleishman Is in Trouble (Taffy Brodesser-Akner) -.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41880602\n\n\nBOOK: Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital (Elise Hu) - goodreads.com/book/show/62121560-flawless\n\n\nBOOK: Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation (Anne Helen Petersen) - goodreads.com/book/show/48930297-can-t-even\n\n\nPERSON: Young Thug - wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Thug\n\n\nPERSON: Gunna - wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunna_(rapper)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices