Belly Gang Kushington Is The New Old Atlanta
Even speaking to him through a Zoom call, and actually being from the area myself, it’s hard to say I’ve ever met someone more Atlanta than Belly Gang Kushington. Meshed with a husky baritone, his thick Adamsville drawl sounds like he’s got molasses and tobacco slathered through his jaw. If you ask him about his family, he’ll tell you about his ghetto fabulous great-auntie, who loved to read the…
Even speaking to him through a Zoom call, it's difficult to claim that there is anyone more quintessentially Atlanta than Belly Gang Kushington. His thick Adamsville drawl, infused with molasses and tobacco, gives voice to a man whose family history is steeped in the essence of the city. His great-auntie, a figure of "ghetto fabulousness," loved to share the Bible and cook chicken for their church pastor and fellow neighbors.
He might recount pictures of his cousin, affectionately referred to as his "mama," attending the iconic Freaknik. When discussing his upbringing in Cobb County and feeling pride when Jermaine Dupri and Ludacris released "Welcome To Atlanta," he shares that he was actually present on the set of the video shoot, specifically during the scene where Ludacris and Ludacris party at 112.
A cousin of his, affectionately called "mama," was part of that video. The post "Belly Gang Kushington Is The New Old Atlanta" was initially published on Stereogum.
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