I live in North Carolina and nobody that I know raps like they are in Atlanta on a grand scale. When you ask people outside of North Carolina who do they associate the state with its 9th Wonder/Little Brother. There is no other big name in NC since Petey Pablo early in the last decade. J. Cole is from NC but really reps New York to a certain degree. He doesnt even live in NC anymore.Most of the rappers in NC rap like they from up north and not the south. There are some small acts but we are talking about if each state has a representative, group, MC etc..Who would be that person. A lot of people here dont know Little Brother but they damn sure dont know anyone else. 9th is pretty much the most popular hip hop cat in North Carolina and its not even close.