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Young Nudy has been a rotation mainstay for diehard fans of Atlanta rap for years. But he’s on the verge of crossover stardom after the ascent of “Peaches & Eggplants,” a delectably titled single with his cousin 21 Savage that peaked at Number Seven on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart last fall. The single from Nudy’s Gumbo album is buoyed by a pulsing, synth-driven beat and an irresistible “boaw, boaw, boaw” ad-lib that blew up on TikTok. Over the phone, Nudy says that the song’s success just might be…

The last time Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr saw his longtime friend and bandmate Brit Turner was at Turner’s Atlanta home. The drummer, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2022, was under hospice care, but Starr had some rare good news to deliver. “I told him our record was number one,” Starr tells Rolling Stone. “And his eyes got really big. He had really stopped speaking at that point. it was obvious to me he knew what I had told him.” Just a few days later, on March 3, Turner died after a…

“Freaknik was the greatest Black gathering in America,” Lil Jon says in the trailer for the upcoming doc, Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told. The film looks at the history of the long-running Atlanta street party known as Freaknik, with commentary from 21 Savage, Killer Mike, Jermaine Dupri, Uncle Luke, and many others. The full documentary will premiere on Hulu on March 21. “We said, ‘Let’s plan a picnic during spring break,'” Amadi Boon, one of the event’s co-founders, says in the trailer. “Let’s call it…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Three corporate landlords control nearly 11% of the single-family homes available for rent in metro Atlanta's core counties, according to a new analysis led by Taylor Shelton, a geographer at Georgia State University. Shelton, an assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences at Georgia State, along with his…

Fans of Sir Elton John’s flamboyant style will next week have the chance to splash out on his snappiest Versace looks in a huge 900-plus lot auction that includes the contents of the Rocket Man’s $7.2m (£5.7m) Atlanta apartment.Christie’s auction house in New York’s Rockefeller Center has been transformed into a John emporium for two live – and six online – sales of the singer’s collection, including several pairs of his trademark thick rim spectacles and a vast art collection that features a Love, Lust and Devotion…

Atlanta police claim Nicole Fegan, a lawyer for YSL RICO case defendant Tenquarius Mender, warned a suspect in a separate 2022 shooting this his arrest was imminent A lawyer for one of the co-defendants charged alongside rapper Young Thug in Georgia’s sprawling YSL racketeering conspiracy case has been arrested on suspicion she called a suspect in a different case and warned him he had active warrants and should ditch his phone. Nicole Fegan was taken into custody in Gwinnett County and transported…

Hot off his Super Bowl halftime show, the artist announced that he's developing a show about "Black love in Atlanta and individuals looking to find a place to call home" Usher has barely taken a breath since his Super Bowl halftime show and he’s already back to work. The singer announced Wednesday that he will be developing a drama television series and has partnered with UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, to produce the show. Variety reports that the show is about “Black love in…

Kandi Burruss is looking forward to all the blessings manifesting in her life — and that seems to include her departure from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”The reality TV star and songwriter soft-launched her career pivot Sunday while walking the red carpet at the 66th Grammy Awards. She is officially closing the door on her Bravo home, announcing her departure from the show after a 14-season run. The move came as a shock to fans of the franchise and apparently to Bravo frontman Andy Cohen. “I’m not really keeping up…

ATLANTA —  They came face-to-face Tuesday night, the two players who have been linked in trade rumors, one of them being Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell, the other being Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray.Numerous reports have had the Lakers seeking Murray from the Hawks and that they were willing to use Russell as the player to facilitate a potential deal.The Lakers have until the NBA deadline of Feb. 8 to make a deal. After dropping their second straight game on a six-game trip, a 138-122 defeat to Atlanta at State…

It’s just another day on the mean streets of Judea circa 33 A.D., where people hang out on sunbaked corners talking smack, working-class stiffs scramble to get by, and Roman centurions — the L.A.P.D. of their day — stop and frisk anyone who they feel matches the description of a suspect. (As in: anyone that does not look like a white Roman centurion.) If you’re lucky, you might get to see a chariot street race already in progress, like the one between Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield) and Mary Magdalene (Teyana Taylor). He…