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SWATS. Award-Winning Photojournalist. Old Atlanta Historian. Master of Black American Studies.

Atlanta, GA
Joined September 2009
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This was top tier Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta 😂 Stevie with the tongue out kills me every time!
@BaddiesReality
Baddies + More!
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Who got that one Love And Hip Hop clip?
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Greenbrair Mall (1997) Southwest Atlanta, GA #LongLiveOldAtlanta
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But remember when I told y’all the GBI, Kemp, DA were activating all-State Gang Unit & nobody believed me 🌚 Meanwhile, I still got that list & they just getting started from the look of things 👀
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LORD! NOT ERIC MAYS!! 😩 I think we, as a community, need bereavement.
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That Futuristic era of Atlanta will forever be my forever! 2008-2012 was truly the last of a dying breed when it comes to Atlanta clubbing… had to be here!
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A sad day for Southwest Atlanta. Greenbriar Mall opened for business in 1966. It was here that @ChickfilA opened their first mall store in 1967. Sadly, the last day to enjoy CFA in our beloved food court will be Saturday, May 20. 🥲
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The youth of Fredrick Douglass High are putting together a production of ‘DreamGirls’ on Saturday, May 4! I need the Westside of Atlanta to get a ticket and let’s pack the house!! Shoutout to Atlanta Public Schools for keeping the Fine Arts alive!!! 👏🏿
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@offtaylorgray Listen!!! The way she embodied Ms. Ross during this NUMBA!!!
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That man Rico Wade had his last ride coming down Campbellton to hit Delowe 😪 Man, you really gotta be from Atlanta to feel it; musically, he introduced us to so much from the roots of the SWATS 🙏🏿 🎶 🙏🏿
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Jermaine Dupri doesn’t get enough recognition for his production of “The Emancipation of Mimi” Its still one of the best comeback albums I’ve ever heard!
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Me as a parent 😂😂😂
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@Kamtheteddy It’s called Public Record per Georgia Bureau of Investigation. This task force unit was discussed back in February when the now named YSL member shot that APD officer in the face. This shit BEEN in the works by the states.
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@librarycongress My 3rd Great Uncle was part of this historic collection and I’m honored to have found this! Mr. Phil Towns, who was OWNED by the 39th Governor of Georgia: George Washington Bonaparte Towns He went to the Civil War & became a cook.
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Mr. Mays funny ASF! Overall, a very intelligent elder. I’m glad he came across my fyp & been here ever since!
@tflex_
Teee Teee 🍒
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no idea how eric mays got the political position he’s in but I know they hate his ass 😂
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One thing for Inglewood! Grady Homes in the back now!! Capitol Homes to the front! ONE TIME FA BANKHEAD BOUNCE! East Lake Meadows baby! BOWEN HOMES, OOOOH LORD NOW!! Perry Homes! One time for my homies in Thomasville! TECHWOOD GOT IT GOING ON! HAPPY #404Day NATIVES!
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@NeexxtGen @hennyondatweet Baaaaby, WE KNEW! The representation always been there that’s why I know Renaissance visuals are going to have me in TEARS! 😭
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21 Savage FreakNik was an experience when you actually put the phone down & ENGAGE WIT FOLKS! Being a native of the city, that shit was everything! This man had the marching band playing OutKast’s ‘SpottieOttieDopaliscious’ and I knew the party was only going up from there!r
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I miss Old Atlanta! This new shit ain’t it Fa me
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Over 200 people gathered at West Manor Park in remembrance of our beloved ATL Teen Leader of C.T. Martin: Bre’Asia Powell. @yepyepnick , your remarkable strength and presence truly brought the city out for an amazing cause. 💐
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I feel like Atlanta Summer ‘22 is giving China Man!
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Gangsta Boo was definitely the one when it came to Three 6 Mafia as a Rap Queen of the SOUTH! My first time: At Cascade Skating Rink. Upstairs Teen Club. (IYKTYK). The original ‘Azz & Tittiez’ from the Hypnotize Camp Posse CD released on January 25, 2000.
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Praying for all my folks in their late 20s and early 30s breaking generational curses and learning to defeat your childhood trauma(s). YOU ARE DOING THE HEALING! 🙏🏿💙
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I’m so proud of the newest partnership I scored with Greenbriar Mall for my organization! Reaching our seniors means so much to me especially those in the S.W.A.T.S. If you have a Grandmother or PopPop interested in joining Prime Time Seniors for FREE, sign them up below!
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@kodakk6000 When will folks learn to just stay out of Atlanta business… everybody basically cousins 😂 & got a mutual respect about certain ways we move.
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For the WHIM & the WHAMMERS! Ain’t nothing like the SOUTHWEST & WESTSIDE OF ATLANTA!
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Atlanta Twitter, do y’all BIG ONE! The ONLY hairstylist pulled out of the Back to School Bash 🥺 I do my best to look out for our young girls as well because we can’t dedicate these type of events to haircuts only. If you’re willing to give back from 11am-1pm, hit me! 🙏🏿
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I love Atlanta… why would I want to be a native from anywhere else but DA CITY?!
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My Atlanta playlists are in HEAVY rotation today! Ride out & get the WHIM WHAMMIN! #404Day
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My favorite Atlanta past time will always & forever be riding to the Quiet Storm… IYKTYK!
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NOW THIS IS REAL ATL NATIVE SHIT!
@AtlantaHoodH
AtlantaHoodHistorian
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CHRIS TUCKER RAP USED TO WAKE ATLANTA UP IN THE MORNING 😮‍💨
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Proud to be named the Family Engagement Community Champion by Atlanta Public Schools. 🥹 As an alumnus of APS, its my NATIVE duty to uplift the next generation of scholars as well as the parents and communities we serve! I’m so proud of the work done in 2023-2024!
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WELL GAH DAMN!
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@kodakk6000
Atlanta Hood Historian
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YOU MUST CAN PAY TO BE FROM ATLANTA NOW BECAUSE WHAT?
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I swear I’m giving Eric Mays vibes in every meeting moving forward! When you truly know that Robert’s Rule ain’t no beating the POINT OF ORDER!
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Man, yall don’t know nun about REAL ATLANTA and our hot wings if you don’t remember those white, cardboard boxes 😩
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Pray heavy for the safety of our Atlanta youth. These kids really on IG talking about the McDaniel killing was a form of retaliation from what happened at Carver Homes. Comments further read it’s ‘Bloody Summer’ and to stay inside… Yeah, y’all got it!
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I swear #Kindredfx had me on a ride! Every time I watch any series with the setting around plantation life, the true sense of survival our Black American ancestors had was truly resilient out of people.
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I miss those Atlanta nights where you could sleep all evening & wake up around 11pm-12am and still be on time for Central Station and all the after hours 😭
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Shoutout to all the Black Grandmothers who kept our grade school, picture day photos! 🥲
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Fuck it… I’m dressing like Shawty Lo for 404 Day!
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Yall niggas so groupie for 21 & Slaughter Gang, ruined that man birthday party trying to be seen on stage…
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The Man of Southwest Atlanta with a PLAN! I’m blessed as a commUNITY, we were able to support over 250+ families with book bags, supplies, haircuts, mental wellness resources, & MORE @ my childhood recreation center: BEN HILL!
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Being from Southwest Atlanta definitely hits different. Its the perfect mixture of Bourgeois with a dash of Hood.
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This account comes from my 3rd Great Grand Uncle… which we have the same name! He was a SLAVE born June 25, 1824!
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Everybody know when you make the billboard, you are loved by the Westside 🙏🏿🌃💙
@Lovely2k20Pink
LovelyKisses2k24
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Shit crazy 🕊️💔🫶🏾
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I did a major thing for my community; now, it’s time to treat myself nice today 💙 Pedicure, lunch, Dillards trip, & Mental Health day off!
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If you really OLD ATLANTA… There is a FREE party going on this Sunday dedicated to the REAL ATLANTA!! @kodakk6000
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@WESTCOASTSUMA NY Undercover was the best show and those performance at Natalie’s > Playlist is still a top 5!
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Man do y’all remember the FREE ice cream we would get from ‘Briar location 😭 That food court was the staple and had the BEST American Deli, back when our wings came in that white paper box 😭😭 Atlanta is truly a place I no longer know!
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Bre’Asia’s death has truly opened my eyes more and I’ve been saying: THESE ATLANTA TEENS HAVE NOWHERE TO GO! There’s no Magic Johnson, no MBK, no Code Red, no Red Café, no holiday nights @ Figure 8, City Life, etc. There is really NO SAFE SPACE FOR ATLANTA TEENS!
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@BeyLegion @parkwood JUSTICE FOR THIQUE! I’m so glad we can agree it needs to be added! My tour outfit was especially for THIQUE! 😩 FreakNic + 1997, when I purchased my first DC album at 8 y/o 😭😭
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The work I’m getting done for Southwest Atlanta in 2022 ✊🏿 🙏🏿
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UWG Homecoming 2022 was a time ❤️🐺💙 Genuinely, I’ve met some amazing people who have changed my life beyond undergraduate years. Whether if we got a picture or not, what’s understood about being UWGFAM don’t need to be explained
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Man, I’ve been planning this Back to School Bash since May and showtime is almost here! I’m so grateful, 15 years later, as a product of BEN HILL… Fickett, Bunche, & Therrell: I’m giving back to my community in a MAJOR WAY! I know my Grandmother is smiling on me!
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If its one thing I’m going do it for, it’s for MY CITY! My FIRST official programming for Atlanta Public Schools youth ages 12 to 18!! Parents, you’re invited too!!! We have a very engaging program made especially for those interested in FREE Mental Health resources!
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The ABC line up we had on Friday for T.G.I.F. was truly a time and NO CABLE was needed!
@coldntherain
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Kind of wish I was around when that dinosaur show was coming on back in the day
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The only correct answer!
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@MadScientistFF
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Which hot sauce is the best?
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Westside Atlanta finest! 💙 An Atlanta Public Schools product of Washington High & graduate of Archer High School. She is truly an Atlanta gem!
@MJFINESSELOVER
𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚌𝚊 ⚡️
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Happy 80th Birthday to the legendary Empress of Soul, the incomparable Ms. Gladys Knight! 🖤
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Last night felt like Detour! Crucial on a Saturday with the Blue MFER! Metro Lanes bowling alley on a Sunday! Boy, we had a time last night! 😭
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I love the fact there is now a Jersey Mike’s in Summer Hill & its owned by a Black family from Summer Hill as well! 👏🏿
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Now, this is how you properly showcase Atlanta and the History of the Red Dogs. To specifically include China Man… IYKTYK! Shoutout to @bmfstarz for telling REAL ATLANTA HISTORY! #BMFStarz
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Also, come help us clean up Mechanicsville as 404 Day Pt. II on TOMORROW! Pull up on us!!
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@kodakk6000
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Today 404day lots of shit going down I’ll be AHT side..
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When it comes to Atlanta Soul Food; for me, it’s only Big Daddy’s, Q—Time, and K&K. Honorable mention: The Beautiful + Breakfast is BACK on Saturday only from 8am-12pm.
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@eclipsyaa @parkwood Yeeees! We need that H&M commercial version 😩
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I knew it was over when folks started the whole “My therapist said a word” 😂 Well let that stay between YALL! 😭
@285Slim
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People started treating going to therapy like a pissing contest or a testament to their moral superiority and here we are lol
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Let’s be clear: today is for NATIVES ONLY! There was a point in history when y’all wasn’t fucking with the South! Folks were so stuck on East Coast vs. West Coast & Atlanta was in its own world, making moves, & being featured on ‘New Jersey Drive’ soundtrack. #404Day
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I wanted to throw a Juneteenth block party but now, I want something more communal; so, I’m doing something light & teaching my close friends how to begin their family tree + research of ancestors. 🫶🏾
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@Phil_Lewis_ Hey man, it’s time to roll out! IYKTYK! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
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At this point, these niggas are beyond curious… they are undercover bottoms 😭
@MrsGeotech
Hueless P. Newton aka Shaun Scheme
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They have tried 43 ways to make the JP nigga be ashamed of his sexuality and the nigga ask who can whoop his ass about who he fucking every time lol
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Some true Atlanta staples in Grandmother basement. Long Live The Raw Reports!! @kodakk6000
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More than 40 years ago, between 1979 to 1981 a total of 30 children, teens, and young adults were killed in Atlanta. Long Live the Missing & Murdered Black Children of Atlanta! 🕊️🖤
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The Villages @ Upper Westside by Bowen Homes 😩😂
@kodakk6000
Atlanta Hood Historian
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The Return of Bowen Homes 2025
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Hell nah, we KNOW our spots hit & we don’t need a Keith Lee to tell us NATHANIEL about Rahims or Big Daddy’s! Keep these folks away from our staples to the native land!! They can all eat OLG & DIE! 😂😂
@DaSpot_Parlayin
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Keith Lee Came To Atlanta & Had The Perfect Chance To Go To Rahim’s On Campbellton, Big Daddy’s On The Nat, The Beautiful On Cascade, Or Mr. Everything But Y’all Suggested Milk&Honey and OLG….. 🙄😒
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It’s going down January 9, 2023 😭 The State of Georgia vs. Young Slime Life (YSL) Lately, its been a lot of R&B singing going on that I know its gon turn into the Source Awards ‘95 real quick!! 😭😭
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Greenbriar Mall (1966) 📸: Skip Mason Vanishing Black Atlanta
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Everyone should take their birthday serious and if the people around you don’t… WELL… snip, snip! ✂️
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Atlantic Station no longer allows teens unless escorted by an adult… Like I’m from ATLANTA where we rode MARTA everywhere… hung at the Underground after school… We’ve got to find resources for these babies 12-18!!!
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DaBaby really set the tone though 😩 🔥 Man went from stage to floor to both sides of the lower level with hits!
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Its Crum still calling me out in Crucial 😂 “BossSwagg in the building!” “Ben Hill, Zone4, Campbellton Rd!”
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I don’t care how hard life gets, I’m not wearing no fake designer 😂 Please leave the Gucci & LV swimsuits in the Discount Mall this summer 😭
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‘99 | Y2K Vibes 💿 Atlanta, GA
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Crazy man, I am a Law Abiding Citizen but we can play ‘First 48’ 😂
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@285Slim
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What 286Slim tweet are you I guess lol
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Happy #404Day to all my natives & NATIVES only from ATLANTA, GA! Shoutout to all the families who started in Carver, Perry, Techwood, Bowen, & all the homes that raised generations of ATLiens!
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PSA: All college students ask your Financial Aid offices about the IRS Form 1098-T ! They trying play us on FREE MONEY !
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That damn Mariah & Bone Thugs ‘Breakdown’ will get it done every time! They just ain’t making Rap and R&B collabs like this no more! 🥲
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Chapter 33: New Beginnings & Reimagining Life. I’m usually not the adventurous type because of fear & over the past year, I’ve learned there is nothing to be afraid of when God has you close.
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I don’t care what’s going on… I RIDE FOR ATLANTA 😂
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I really went from taking pictures at Club Crucial to an Award-Winning Multimedia Photojournalist; talk about full circle 🏙 📸
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In Atlanta, we were outside!
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@BigBodyBenzzz__
BABY YOU GOT A BODY LIKE A BENZ
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Did your city have teen nightclubs while growing up??
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Kickbacks, block parties, Fried Fish Friday + spades/card night. I’m so glad we can all agree we need this back!
@404_MyCity
404Lo
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Let’s bring back quality kickbacks 🫡
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Now wait a damn minute! All this going on INSIDE?! My how shit has changed! All the fights use to happen at the MARTA stop or at the Wendy’s 😂
@yaeonx
xuoǝɐʎ
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this is dumb crazy yall dont know how to act #atl #sixflags
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SWATS | ZONE 4️⃣ BABIES • Did I fall last night? • Why do I have a bruise • Did we finish 6/7 bottles 404 (Atlanta) Day won! 🌃💙
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I’m loving this 64° weather at 7am. Time to start back on those morning walks around the neighborhood before work.
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Shidddd, yall thought these Atlanta teens out of control at Six Flags… Just wait until they get a hold of the Atlanta Fair in the coming weeks as we head into Spring Break! KEEP YALL KIDS INSIDE OR GO OUTTA TOWN!
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“Preach Mother, Preach!” 😂😂😂 Idc what y’all say, the humor was there!
@andreharris89
André Marcel Harris, MSW
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“Baby, got get my purse. I’ve got my slave receipts in my purse…” 😂 #YouPeople #YouPeopleNetflix
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Giving back to Atlanta Public Schools is always the greatest form of community service I could ever do! Inspiring products of Southwest Atlanta as an alumnus & Lead Photographer of Ralph J. Bunche yearbook staff (2004); it was everything!
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I keep telling everybody the party was extremely on point 😂 We was at MBK! 😩
@kodakk6000
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He tried but nigga STILL got stomped out 😂
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Listen yall, I know we had FREE PICK back in our fair & Six Flags days but this is outrageous! Now when Six Flags make it accompanied by 21+ then the teens going be upset… but I definitely see it coming!
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Proud Uncle moment… 3rd grade! 🥹 Wishing all of my tribe a successful academic year! 📚
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