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The Dungeon Family, UGK, and Scarface all became household names to small sects of devotees, but for the most part, the recognition they all deserved from the rest of the country came after their respective heydays. The South, as André 3000 famously announced, did 'have something to say,' but without one nationally-recognized lyrical genius, it struggled to achieve widespread respect. OutKast's 'Best New Rap Group' acceptance speech at the 1995 Source Awards has been cited again and again as the turning point for Southern Rap, the moment when it became viewed as more than a novelty and began its gradual game of catch-up to the East and West Coasts.
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