atlanta-born and bred trap rapper shawty lo, aka carlos walker, did not reach national prominence...
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Rappers
OJ Da JuicemanLil
Way
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Jadakiss
Gucci ManeShawty Lo
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Atlanta-born and bred trap rapper Shawty Lo, aka Carlos
Walker, did not reach national prominence with his
street-hustling raps, but by ushering in the "snap dance"
craze with the Billboard-topping "Laffy Taffy" as part of his four-man crew, D4L, in
2005. He co-founded both the group and, acting as CEO,
the D4L Records label two years earlier with the
intention of only working behind the scenes and never
really contributing many verses to the group.
Shawty Lo
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The year 2005 was like yin and yang for Atlanta bling rapper Gucci Mane. He
enjoyed success entering the charts with his first national hit, "Icy," became
involved in a quarrel with that song's collaborator Young Jeezy, and found himself facing murder charges in the Georgia courts. Before his career as a
rapper, Gucci Mane, whose birth name is Radric Davis, loved to write poetry when
he was in elementary school. He moved to Atlanta from Birmingham, AL, with his single mother during the fourth grade.
Since progressing to rap was a fairly easy step, Gucci Mane already had spent time
in a recording studio by the age of 14. The glamour and sense of fashion of rappers like Big Daddy Kane motivated him to put
words to music.
Gucci Mane
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OJ da Juiceman is a hardcore Southern rapper who made his major-label
album debut in 2009 after releasing over a dozen
underground mixtapes, many of them featuring well-known affiliate Gucci Mane. Born Otis Williams, Jr., on November 26, 1981, in Atlanta, GA, he grew up in a single-parent
household on the east side of Atlanta with his mother and was initially influenced by N.W.A and
other hardcore rappers. In the late '90s he befriended Gucci Mane,
who would evolve into one of the more popular hardcore rappers to emerge from Atlanta in the mid-
2000s with hits such as "Icy.
OJ Da Juiceman
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When Jadakiss hit the rap scene with his deafening group, the LOX, all hell
broke loose. Why, you may ask, well, primarily because there had never
been a hip-hip group in history who revolutionized the sound of hip-hop music as fast as they did. ?They?re the only group who knew how to precisely give you lyrical food for your mind while simultaneously
making thongs shake and drop (check out the meteoric rise of their
platinum Money, Power & Respect for evidence). Plus, they redrew the rap map and became an influential
force in the musical genre.
Jadakiss
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The charismatic Southern rapper Lil Wayne began his industry ascendance as one of the Hot Boys, a short-lived all-star group on Cash Money Records. After
establishing himself as a successful solo artist, he grew to become a critical favorite, known for his confident
boasts, entertainting underground mixtapes, and prolific output. Born
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., on September 27, 1982, in New Orleans,
LA, Lil Wayne grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans' 17th Ward. There, he became acquainted
with the Cash Money Records collective, which he eventually joined
as a teenager..
Lil Wayne