Atlanta

  • Atlanta Teen's 'White-Boy Privilege' Poem Goes Viral 

    This 14-year-old Atlanta boy probably deserves a spot on the “Woke White People” list. Royce Mann, an eighth-grader at the Paideia School in Atlanta, has stirred up a lot of discussion after video of him performing a poem titled “White-Boy Privilege” at a slam-poetry competition at his school in May went viral. “Dear women, I’m…

  • Ga. Park Hanging Referred to FBI 

    Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed issued a statement Thursday afternoon announcing that the case regarding a black man found hanging from a tree in the city’s Piedmont Park has been referred to the FBI, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. According to the site, the announcement came hours after social media users expressed suspicions and outrage, with some…

  • Ga. 6-Year-Old Finds Stolen Olympic Gold Medal

    A Georgia father and his 6-year-old daughter were out for a walk when they stumbled upon an Olympic gold medal. According to ABC News, former slalom canoeist Joe Jacobi won the medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The medal was stolen from Jacobi’s car last month. Chloe Smith, 6, spotted the shiny object…

  • Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season 5, Episode 4 Recap

    As Elton John once crooned, the bitch is back. He must have known that 30-some years later, Joseline (or Shenellica Bettencourt, as she was known back when she popped on a headstand for Luke and them) would return to Atlanta to continue her reign of improper subject-verb agreement and unsavory weaves. This week’s installment Love…

  • So Here's How I Accidentally Bought A Murse.

    There was a time in my life—college—when I used to love shopping. Now, this was mostly because I enjoyed the malls in Atlanta, with Cumberland and Lenox Square being my favorites. I went to Cumberland because it was on my side of Interstate 285 (the west side) and sold more than shoes, baby clothes and gangsta grills (like Greenbriar),…

  • Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season Five Premiere Recap: Mimi Must Have Been Lonely

    After a break lasting just long enough for us to realize that Stevie J and Joseline’s fantasy of youth and relevance could NOT carry an entire show, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta returned for a new season Monday night. Our favorite ATL-based urban drama premiered with promises of paternity stunts, tragic weaves, cat fights and…

  • 10 Thoughts I Had While Watching 'The Art of Organized Noize' Documentary

    1. The documentary was excellent and I highly recommend you watch it on Netflix if you haven’t already. Especially the first hour. It chronicled the beginnings of Organized Noize in East Point to their ascent with Outkast to Goodie Mob and TLC (though they got an early look via TLC way before producing “Waterfalls”), etc.…

  • Do The Knowledge: An Atlanta Story About The Infamous North Avenue IHOP

    I’m a t-shirt fiend. I’m always on the lookout for something new and interesting. But also, I’m ALWAYS looking for shirts that represent a time in my life. In December, I was doing my standard holiday perusing and came across this online store selling a shirt that says, “Do The Knowledge” via Student Union NYC.…

  • A Minute By Minute Breakdown Of Young Dro’s "In Da City"

    I can recall the moment Young Dro became my preferred ratchet music vendor. I was sitting in a strip club off Buford highway, when the bass dropped and I heard a chorus with lyrics both simple and profound: Fuck dat bitch. In three simple words Dro had summarized the cause of and prescribed the solution…

  • Jagged Edge Is Better Than 112. Here's Why.

    Nobody asked me but I’m telling you right now: Jagged Edge is and was a better singing group than 112. Most people will disagree with this. Most people will be wrong. I know this to be fact because I’ve seen Twitter arguments on this topic and I myself started a FB debate where I’m pretty…