2 Chainz & More Shine At 'Magic City: An American Fantasy' Event

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There’s no place like Magic Metropolis—considered one of Atlanta’s most storied gems recognized for its scrumptious lemon pepper wings and top-tier twerkettes who take middle stage in Magic Metropolis: An American Fantasy premiering this Friday, Aug. 15, on STARZ.

The five-part docuseries explores the rise (and reign) of the enduring membership and its large affect by way of a nostalgic lens with commentary from trendsetters, tradition curators, and history-makers, together with T.I., Drake, Quavo, 2 Chainz, Massive Boi, Killer Mike, Jermaine Dupri, Shaquille O’Neal, Dominique Wilkins, and extra.

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Created and executive-produced by Cole Brown, Magic Metropolis: An American Fantasy takes viewers on a jiggly journey by way of the membership’s wealthy historical past as a popular culture obsession the place a lot of your favourite membership anthems made their debut.

“The rationale I really feel prefer it was necessary proper now’s, for one, individuals had been listening to me as a result of I did the Freaknik documentary first,” mentioned Dupri in an interview with Okayplayer.

“You will have individuals’s eyeballs at a sure time…after which I simply really feel prefer it was the universe talking as a result of me and Cole, and my father [former record executive Michael Mauldin] had a dialog about one thing else that led into this. Initially, it wasn’t even about Magic Metropolis. I really feel just like the wind made us make this. The wind simply blew us in that path.”

As anticipated, Atlanta confirmed up and confirmed out on the star-studded screening soirée with appearances by 2 Chainz, Killer Mike, Jermaine Dupri, Younger Dro, and extra.

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Different notable attendees included Michael “Mr. Magic” Barney—proprietor of the famed membership, former Bachelor Matt James, Scorching 107.9’s Morning Hustle co-host Lore’l, photographer Cam Kirk, and an attention-grabbing array of Magic Metropolis’s prolific pole princesses from the previous and current.