Ben Westhoff is a music scribe who has written for L.A. Weekly, Village Voice, Spin, XXL, Pitchfork, NPR and so, so many more. His book Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop was recently published by Chicago Review Press.
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