Sud Sound System

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| name = Sud Sound System

| image = SudSoundSystemVasto.jpg

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| origin = Salento, Apulia

| genre = Reggae

| years_active = 1991–present

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| website = {{url|https://sudsoundsystem.it/}}

| current_members = {{ubl|Don Rico (Federico Vaglio)|Papa Gianni, GGD|Terron Fabio (Fabio Miglietta)|Nandu Popu (Fernando Blasi)}}

| past_members = {{ubl|Gopher D|Militant P|Treble|Dj War (until 1994)}}

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Sud Sound System is a dancehall reggae sound system from Salento, Apulia, Italy. The group combines Jamaican rhythms and local culture, such as their Salentino dialect in their lyrics and dance moves from pizzica and tarantella.{{cite web|last=Benedetti|first=Luca|title=Sud Sound System|url=http://vivimilano.corriere.it/concerti/sud-sound-system_2222824256856.shtml|website=vivimilano.corriere.it|publisher=Corriere della Sera|date=6 September 2013|access-date=28 September 2013|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221145504/http://vivimilano.corriere.it/concerti/sud-sound-system_2222824256856.shtml}} They are pioneers of Italian ragga music,{{cite web|last=Mastropaolo|first=Rino|title=PummaRock Fest 2013: Sud Sound System, Clementino, Almamegretta e Foja|trans-title=PummaRock Fest 2013: Sud Sound System, Clementino, Almamegretta and Foja|url=https://www.napolidavivere.it/2013/09/10/pummarock-fest-2013/|work=Napoli da Vivere|orig-date=10 September 2013|date=3 January 2015|access-date=28 September 2013|language=it|url-status=live|archive-date=31 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531155526/https://www.napolidavivere.it/2013/09/10/pummarock-fest-2013/}} a branch of reggae. Although the group is popular throughout Italy, they have become well known for their lyrics—always in dialect—about social, political and economic issues in Southern Italy.