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Atlanta’s rap scene had been flowering for decades, but, says mixtape king DJ Drama, ‘2003 was the turning point. The city was it, you could feel it.’

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Atlanta’s rap scene had been flowering for decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

A faint hope that had been flowering in Dave died out at once.

From Dave Dawson at Dunkirk by Bowen, Robert Sydney