Where would Black culture be without Atlanta?

[The Coochie Assassin]

No Sir Im a young breh in the south with dreads and while they were popular in certain areas like New Orleans and Florida after Chief Keef blew in like 12/13 literally everybody everywhere started growing them. It was sort of the natural progression tho because at that point we were all rocking the Afros with the tapered sides

Dreads been around since forever but as far as recent rap music influencing it...

There was a big dread boom in the mid 00s before Chief Keef was ever imagined.

Brehs were growing dreads from the Bay to the A to DC to NJ to FL.

There’s a reason E-40 old ass grew em out during the hyphy movement.

“Jesus Christ had dreads so shake em, I don’t got none but I plan on growing some”

Lil Jon’s go to get crunk lines always were about shaking your dreads.

The youngins got dreads today cuz that’s what they always saw, it ain’t cuz of Keef lol.

 

[cjlaw93]

If you're talking about rap music...

Keith Sweat, Bobby Brown and Erick Sermon moving down there is really what caused the ATL rap and music scene to emerge.

Not from NY so I don' t have a dog in the fight, just saying.

Rewriting history

 

[get these nets]

Rewriting history

Easy to post a smilie. Hard to name ATL rappers from before that time period I mentioned,though.


Shy D, and who else?

 

[Freedman]

Dreads been around since forever but as far as recent rap music influencing it...

There was a big dread boom in the mid 00s before Chief Keef was ever imagined.

Brehs were growing dreads from the Bay to the A to DC to NJ to FL.

There’s a reason E-40 old ass grew em out during the hyphy movement.

“Jesus Christ had dreads so shake em, I don’t got none but I plan on growing some”

Lil Jon’s go to get crunk lines always were about shaking your dreads.

The youngins got dreads today cuz that’s what they always saw, it ain’t cuz of Keef lol.

There was another boom around that Time. Y'all can't seriously tell me dreads aren't more popular right now than they have ever been. I know for a fact I graduated HS in 13 and it was like 4 dudes with dreads in our entire Highscool and now my whole neighborhood look like OBLock circa 2012. Literally more dudes with dreads than fades

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Name 3 things yall add to the culture and TBH Chicago probably been the biggest influencer of black culture in recent years. They the reason like 8 out every 10 young brehs you see on the street has dreads

DMV, Richmond/757/VA, Bay Area, NO, and Florida nikkas been rocking dreads way before Chitown became hot like that breh. Honestly, I didn’t even know Chicago nikkas fukk with dreads til Chief Keef blew up

 

[How Sway?]

Name 3 things yall add to the culture and TBH Chicago probably been the biggest influencer of black culture in recent years. They the reason like 8 out every 10 young brehs you see on the street has dreads

chicago has had much more impact on Black America than drill rappers.

Plus dreads been poppin way before keef came into the picture.

 

[Freedman]

DMV, Richmond/757/VA, Bay Area, NO, and Florida nikkas been rocking dreads way before Chitown became hot like that breh. Honestly, I didn’t even know Chicago nikkas fukk with dreads til Chief Keef blew up

Like I said in a previous quote there were areas already big on dreads like DC, New Orleans, and Florida but there was a recent rise in popularity with the youth all over . I bet you could pull up right now in Bumblefukk , Idaho where there's black people and youngins gonna look like this

 

[LordDeathwatch]

A decline in Houses in Virginia.:SSJ2Pause2:

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Like I said in a previous quite there were areas alreasy big on dreads like DC, New Orleans, and Florida but there a recent rise in popularity with the youth all over . I bet you could pull up right now in Bumblefukk , Idaho where there's black people and youngins gonna look like this

Yeah I know, I just wanted to make it clear for people who think there weren’t a certain number of places in this country rocking dreads before Chicago started influencing most of the rest of the country after the 2012/2013 Drill wave came thru and crush buildings.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

A decline in Houses in Virginia.:SSJ2Pause2:

 

[Voice of Reason]

Most young brehs got dreads cuz of the South....Wayne + Waka Flocka

I used to assume if I saw a dreadhead he was either from my city (DC) or the South....

Yep, Waka and brick squad directly influence Chief Keef and drill music.

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

act like Harlem, Queens, Brooklyn, New Orleans, and Memphis never existed brehs

 

[Losttribe]

Like I've said Atlanta one of the few places that I travel to often that I wouldn't mind moving to.

The entire atmosphere is just different, there is no other place in the USA where being black is the "default" and not a strike against you going through life.

shyt is an amazing feeling.



Detroit is a paragon of black culture too, but it's a failed city at this point.

Detroit is the fasting growing area in the us and is having a real estate come back.

But that has nothing to do with black cultural influence. 70 more years of homo thug and thot culture and ATL still couldn't match Detroit's influence around the world.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

There was another boom around that Time. Y'all can't seriously tell me dreads aren't more popular right now than they have ever been. I know for a fact I graduated HS in 13 and it was like 4 dudes with dreads in our entire Highscool and now my whole neighborhood look like OBLock circa 2012. Literally more dudes with dreads than fades

I'm an old nikka b lol. I hang around grown folks so I don't notice a lot of new dreadhead members. Cats I know had dreads for years. During my era, dudes transitioned from braids to dreads once the A.I. cornrows went outta style.

I guess it's another boom if you notice it in your area.

 

[Steezy]

keep hating from outside the club