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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Media Shocker: Metro Atlanta is a 'black entertainment mecca'

Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:58 AM

Last week, the New York Times published a story that revealed — how did the local media miss this?!? — Atlanta's burgeoning reputation as a "black entertainment mecca." Welcome to five years ago! Rodney Carmichael, CL's music editor and all-around incredible human, was none too pleased.

Tags: THIS IS A BREAKING STORY AND WILL BE UPDATED AS IT DEVELOPS, New York Times, Kim Severson

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Um, this is so five years ago.

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Posted by jurban8 on 11/29/2011 at 12:41 PM

Also, can we please stop calling things Meccas? It just shrieks "I can't be bothered to think of more descriptive words."

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Posted by zedsmith on 11/29/2011 at 12:50 PM

Should have said, "It just sheikhs..."

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Posted by Get Out on 11/29/2011 at 5:36 PM

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