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2 Chainz has long been an advocate for felons getting their voting rights back and was extremely active in encouraging people to vote during the presidential election. Now the duffle bag boy is using his influence to encourage voters to get out and vote in the upcoming Georgia Senate run-off. 2 Chainz announced on Instagram…

Rapper 2 Chainz is helping to bring financial assistance to business owners who attend or graduated from historically Black colleges and universities. 2 Chainz, himself a businessman, was known as Tausheed Epps when he excelled as a high school hooper in College Park, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb. He subsequently earned a full scholarship to attend…

Bryan Barber decided to give viewers a glimpse into his cell phone with the new video, “Devil Just Trying to be Seen.” The protest song finds 2 Chainz and Skooly trading versus on the recent uprising and social injustice that’s taking place across the nation. The entire video is captured via clips of uprisings that…

In a timely gesture that most would appreciate as the world continues to spin out of control, 2 Chainz dropped a visual to accompany his lively track, “Devil Just Trying To Be Seen,” on Monday, July 7. A powerful expression of Black song, featuring one of his standout T.R.U. artist’s Skooly, the College Park native…

Rapper 2 Chainz’s popular Atlanta restaurant was shut down by the Georgia State Police late Monday night, May 25, 2020, for violating social distancing mandates handed down by the governor. It appears from the photos captured by TMZ that the many patrons inside the Georgia-born and bred rapper’s Escobar Restaurant & Tapas were mere…

2 Chainz used rap to become the label CEO of T.R.U., owner of a pro basketball team.

Millions of people are paying homage to the late, legendary Kobe Bryant in myriad ways, including with the erection of a makeshift memorial outside the place the Black Mamba ruled — the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Rap star 2 Chainz recently decided to go the LeBron James route and get some permanent ink…

It seems like only yesterday 2 Chainz was a young rapper on the rise. In the summer of 2007, he was at an industry event at Atlanta’s Patchwerk Studios and primed for greatness. As one half of the Playaz Circle, he’d just scored a massive hit in the Lil Wayne-assisted “Duffle Bag Boy.” Still rough…

2 Chainz continues to push boundaries in music. With the release of the T.R.U. compilation album, No Face No Case, the multiplatinum-selling artist will introduce a new generation of Atlanta-based artists. Here is a breakdown of what to expect from T.R.U. artists Skooly, Sleepy Rose, Worl, and Hott LockedN. Skooly A young veteran in the…

Atlanta artists from several genres of music came home for the holidays to put on a concert few will forget. Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, and Coca-Cola hosted the Marquee Moments Home for the Holidays Concert on Dec. 5, 2019. Selling out the entire Coca-Cola Roxy in Atlanta, music artists such as Arrested Development, Clay…

Admittedly, I’m a casual 2 Chainz listener. I know his history. I am aware of his clever rhymes and he is a great representative for the culture. However, when I listened to the first track “Forgiven (feat. Marsha Ambrosius)” on 2 Chainz’s newest release Rap Or Go To The League, I felt something more. Chainz was…

Rapper 2 Chainz‘s released his new album Rap or Go to the League Friday, March 1, 2019. It’s the 41-year-old hip-hop legend’s fifth album and the first project since 2017’s Pretty Girls Like Trap Music. The star-studded record finds Chance the Rapper and Kodak Black dropping verses on “I’m Not Crazy, Life Is,” Kendrick Lamar on “Momma I Hit…

Gucci Mane’s influence on the trap music genre can never be denied. More than 13 years after his debut album Trap House was released, the sound and style crafted by the East Atlanta rapper remain relevant today. Gucci Mane recently enlisted a slew of rappers and producers to join him for a holiday-themed concert titled “Gucci…

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Atlanta’s music culture stands as one of the most dominant scenes in the world. With the Super Bowl taking place in Atlanta in February 2019, it appeared to be a no-brainer for the NFL to pick an Atlanta music act or a mixture of Atlanta artists to perform at halftime of the big game. However,…

Music festival season is here and this past weekend, ONE Musicfest was the place to be in Atlanta. While the festival is primarily about the music, the audience was also filled with fashion-forward people of varying tastes and styles. While we loved the street style embraced by many in the crowd, it was even more exciting to see what the…

2 Chainz stands as a great example of how to reinvent your brand. In 2007, 2 Chainz was known as Tity Boi and one half of the group Playaz Circle. The duo was signed to Ludacris’ DTP record label, but they weren’t much of a priority. When their debut album, Supply & Demand, was released, it only sold…

Each year for the past nine years, ONE Musicfest has highlighted the music of the past, present and future. The festival has grown immensely since its humble beginnings to become a staple on the Atlanta music scene. This year, the festival switched things up by bringing in twice the number of artists and hosting the two-day…

Miguel Wilson has positioned himself as the go-to guy when it comes to men’s fashion in hip-hop. With 25 years of experience in the custom clothing business, Wilson has worked with entertainers such as Future, Will Packer, DJ Scream and Trippie Redd, among others. Wilson recently dressed 2 Chainz for his wedding, which took place…

The 40-year-old rapper tied the knot with long-term girlfriend Kesha Ward at the Villa Casa Casuarina in Miami, in front of family and friends including Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, and Monica, yesterday (8/18/18). And the couple, who have daughters Heaven, 9, and Harmony, 5, and two-year-old…