Decatur is the worst example for people to use and say they false claiming. Decatur is extremely popular for multiple reasons even outside of hip hop. Everybody who know about Atlanta know or heard about Decatur maybe they Gucci Mane or Future or whoever. Anyone from East Atlanta mentions A Decatur neighborhood or street (candler, glenwood, Mcafee).
People from Decatur be super proud to say that’s where they from. Gucci, 21 Savage , Chris Tucker, Future from Kirkwood but went to Columbia High… so many more. Everybody in Atlanta views Decatur like college park.. and East point.... and people from Decatur and other places proudly claim that’s where they from. Its just like how they do in LA. People who are from Compton say that’s where they from. (I saw other thread) But they also say they from LA if they go out of town and are treated as LA cats in they city. It’s places like Dunwoody ,Snellvile, Marietta or whatever and wherever where people say I’m from Atlanta and people look at them crazy.
I’m from Adamsville (literally in Atlanta) and we still refer to college park and east point as the south side and Decatur the part of the east side. But it’s only those 3 places literally that are basically treated as boroughs because they blend with the city limits It’s not that complicated.