Meet Atlanta’s top 5 freshest hip-hop dancers driving the Southern scene

From Flexing to Ticking, Popping, Bonebreaking and beyond, Enerjaae, Suzie Q, Leo RA Soul, Werq Werk, and 2Foot are five of Atlanta’s freshest dancers finding fame with a Southern twist and cementing ATL’s status as the capital of hip-hop. Hip-hop may have originated in the Bronx, but in 1995, a pivotal moment took place when a young André 3000 and his Atlanta group, Outkast, were voted Best New Act and declared (over booing hip-hop heavyweights from the east and west coast) at the Source Awards that “The South got somethin’ to say!” His statement catapulted Southern hip-hop into public consciousness. By 2009, The New York Times was hailing Atlanta as ‘hip-hop’s center of gravity,’ and a plethora of top-tier rappers, producers and dancers were a testament to the city’s unique personality that stood out from the hip-hop scenes in Los Angeles and New York. Red Bull Dance Your Style 2022 qualifier in Atlanta © Terence Rushin / Red Bull Content Pool The raw talent of these hip-hop dancers drove the thrilling scene from the skating rinks to street cyphers and television screens. Popping, Locking, and House hit hard, and Krump arrived during the “Rise Movement.” Flexing came over from New...