1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: In order to understand what Atlanta is. First, you got 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: to understand what it ain't. It ain't tall buildings and 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: neon lights. 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 2: I didn't really have an interest to being on air. 5 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 2: I kind of was up there to try and infiltrate 6 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 2: the building. 7 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: It ain't palm trees and low riders. Nobody's rushing into 8 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: relationships with you. Motherfuckers want to. 9 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: Know who you are. 10 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: It ain't beaches and bikinis. 11 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 2: Before World Star, before all of that, it was five 12 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: five nine. 13 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: One of the bar stools hit the mirror. So that's 14 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: why they were going to take us to jail. Atlanta 15 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: is where the home of the Dirty South became a 16 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: world class city for all to see. It's Saturday night 17 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: turn Up since Sunday morning redemption. It's playing ball in 18 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: the street until the lights come home. It's black excellence 19 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: and every day hustle. But let's go deeper beyond what 20 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: you already know about this city, because Atlanta is pretty 21 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: good at telling its own stories. We started with Atlanta's 22 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: first all rap radio stations and how Star was made. 23 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 2: Our goal and plan was to try and get my 24 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 2: music heard by people at these radio stations. 25 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: Head to the sweaty locals only club where Crunkle's born. 26 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 2: That place is rowdy, man. We're talking about like you've 27 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 2: never seen black people behave like that and. 28 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: Go behind the scenes to the making the drum line 29 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: just as it's the inspiration. Marsh Brown College was about 30 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: to lose it all. 31 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 2: We prayed and then I brought the president. 32 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: I tell you, boy, that they broke my heart. We'll 33 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: meet the dreamers who turned Atlanta into the Hollywood up 34 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: the South. 35 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: My agent started calling me and they were like, Hey, 36 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 2: I'm flying down. I'm gonna go see a client. 37 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: Hey, this place isn't so bad after all. He meet 38 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: the black pastors who go viral. 39 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 2: I've had to live my life out loud. 40 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: We post up on one Street to see what it's 41 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: really like to be an entrepreneur in the Black Mecca. 42 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: Let me be real fucking clear. Nobody walked around with 43 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: a piece of paper and told motherfuckers like pay them rent. 44 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: Like that is not how that happened. 45 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: And we'll rewind in twenty fourteen to a tiny bar 46 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: that burst the new generation of Atlanta's rap superstars. 47 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 2: I remember one night we was there. I never forget 48 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: Missy Elliott was there and I was like, why is 49 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 2: Missy Yelloe perform the Environment Store? That night was also 50 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: the night that Andre three thousand popped up. 51 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: Finally we'll look ahead to the city's new sound. 52 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 2: Right's y'all talking to you at GBZ. She like, you 53 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: really the first lady to have a gamest girls take 54 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 2: and then left Georgia like that's what separates you from 55 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 2: a lot of people. But I was like, no, what 56 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 2: is j white? 57 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: Because Atlanta ain't just a city, it's the stories it 58 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: tells about itself. And these are our storytellers. 59 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 2: I'm Jewel Wicker, I'm Christina Lee, I'm Maurice Girland. 60 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: And I'm Big Rude And this is Atlanta is a 61 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: well pack of media in iHeart production and partnership with Complex. 62 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: First episode drops November fifth. Don't miss it.