Gunna Returns to the Stage at State Farm Arena
A sold-out homecoming set closes a turbulent chapter and reopens the conversation about loyalty in the city.
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Engineers and writers off Lee Street are quietly shaping the records that will run summer.
The Numbers Behind Atlanta's Festival Boom
Ticketing data shows a 38.6% jump in independent shows — and a fight over who controls the doors.
Lil Dee Takes Us Inside His Virtual Studio
A full walkthrough of the VR space where the producer builds beats you can stand inside.
Relentless Truth
Essays & Field NotesDecades of reading, writing, and watching the corner — set down in long form. The work spans the lanes the page keeps coming back to:
- Crime & Punishment
- Relationships
- Urban Lit
- 50 & Over
Echoes From Streets We Thought We Left Behind
A name comes up. A corner returns. The distance you built with work and time gets tested by one story that refuses to stay buried.
Fractured: South Carolina v. Chow
You feel it in the quiet after the gavel drops. A boy is still gone. A man walks out free. The law says one thing. The corner remembers everything else.
The Rampage Starts Before the Trigger
Some mornings the tape is on your cousin's street. Some mornings the grass is still wet and the whole block has to pretend it can breathe.
When Home Becomes the War Zone
A woman running barefoot with a child clutched tight, chased by the kind of danger that used to call itself love.
When Trust Splits and the Pieces Cut Deep
Trust can leave in a single text. What remains is the grown work: telling the truth without turning your wound into a costume.
Second-Act Stories, Tech & Reinvention
Starting over after fifty — the wins, the tools, and the truth nobody prints. New essays in this lane are on the way.
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