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This story originally appeared in the Jackson Free Press. It was added to the Mississippi Free Press website in 2025.
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With the premier of “Straight Outta Compton” last week, Beats by Dre launched the “Straight Outta Somewhere” meme generator. In it, people can add their own word to the generator and a photo for the background. Here are some that we came up with for Mississippi college football teams.

University of Mississippi: Straight Outta Pastel Polos

Mississippi State: Never Outta Cowbell

JSU: Straight Outta West Jackson
— And Into Downtown

Southern Miss: Straight Outta the Nasty Bunch

Millsaps: Straight Outta Mishaps

Delta State: Straight Outta Fighting Okra

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.