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Originally Posted by homebucket
Yep. Not sure why everyone keeps regurgitating Black culture and hip hop, as if Atlanta is the only city in the US with hip hop culture. And even if it were the only hip hop producing city in the country, this doesn't even put it anywhere near NYC and LA in terms of global significance. Does Lil Jon being from Atlanta bring in tourists from China? Do they care where MLK Jr was born?
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People on this thread are mentioning various aspects of Atlanta that make it popular to some degree or another, mentioned are small and major points tied in together to explain where Atlanta is now and where Atlanta can be. In regards to the entertainment/culture/popularity whatever you want to call it aspect of the conversation a lot of attention geared towards Atlanta is because of the music industry, and that heavily involves Hip-Hop and R&B, there are in an incredible amount of artists from and or based in Atlanta. And it plays a role in Atlanta's popularity outside of the city for sure. A lot of my friends overseas would rarely ever hear the name "Atlanta" if not for the numerous songs that mention it. There have been countless times when I mention that I live in Atlanta to new people I meet, followed by reactions like, "Oh do you see celebrities?" "Do you see rappers?" It plays a much bigger role then you think it does. Of course a lot more important things as mentioned need to be done to be more globally significant, but you can't downplay Atlanta's role in the music industry, just like you cant downplay, although on a different scale, LA's role in the movie and music industry in making it where it is today.