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Protests erupted in Atlanta this weekend following the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks at the hands of an Atlanta police officer. On Saturday, protesters engaged in a peaceful protest and shut down part of the Interstate 75/85 downtown connector—a major highway through the city. As the protests went on, however, people eventually set fire to a vehicle near the […]
Six Atlanta officers will be charged after tasing and arresting two college students during the city’s curfew crackdown this weekend. Footage of cops Mark Gardner and Ivory Streeter dragging two college students from a car and tasing them circulated the internet, and led to the two police officers’ termination. AJC reports that Atlanta Fulton County […]
The murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police has sparked protests across the nation. While all of these protests begin peacefully, some have grown violent and chaotic as time has progressed. This has been seen in several cities including Atlanta, where people have been seen breaking into malls and businesses, burning […]
George Floyd was a 46-year-old unarmed black man who was murdered by the Minneapolis police on Memorial Day. Ex-officer Derek Chauvin was caught on video pinning Floyd to the ground, pressing his knee into his neck and ultimately killing him. Three other officers were also present during Floyd’s murder. As it currently stands, Chauvin has been arrested and charged with murder […]
Being quarantined is making rap legends as nostalgic and reflective as the rest of us. Big Boi is, of course, one half of OutKast and a core member of the world-changing Atlanta collective the Dungeon Family (named after the crew’s original studio, the Dungeon, located in the basement of DF member Rico Wade’s mother’s house). And […]
Fresh off dropping his new Turbo-produced track “Wunna,” Gunna joined the Breakfast Club crew for a virtually conducted interview that saw the frequent Young Thug collaborator addressing everything from a crime stoppers clip that made headlines last year to how much money he estimates will be lost due to COVID-19 show cancelations. Speaking on the footage […]
A star from VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta has been charged with federal bank fraud after allegedly scamming over $2 million from the coronavirus loan program. Maurice Fayne is said to have spent more than $1.5 million on jewelry and child support, according to the Hollywood Reporter. On April 15, the 37-year-old—who was in nine episodes of Love […]
With the help of the Atlanta-based nonprofit organization PAWkids, T.I. and Killer Mike handed out meals Wednesday in the parking lot of the Bankhead Seafood Market to 500 residents of the Grove Park neighborhood. TMZ reports they also gave several families $500 in cash, and visited a number of homes to drop off two weeks worth […]
Little Women: Atlanta star Ms. Minnie is dead at age 34. 34-year-old Ashley Ross—known to fans of the Lifetime reality series as Ms. Minnie—died at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta following injuries she sustained in a car accident, per a report from CNN on Tuesday. “It is with profound sadness that we confirm on behalf […]
After reversing course on the initial plan to reopen his two Atlanta-based restaurants on Monday, 2 Chainz decided his time today would be better spent distributing free meals to the homeless. Chainz took to Instagram to share a video of himself standing outside of his own Escobar Restaurant as people waited in line, standing at least […]
