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One had hanging -- Atlanta’s #BillionDollarLawyer Is Looking Out for Your Favorite Rappers
"Thanks fuagf. But actually, there's more good people involved in all aspects of rap than negative."
Drew Findling, right, a criminal defense lawyer, has become an indispensable fixture in the world of Atlanta rap. “It means a lot when you have someone who genuinely cares,” said one of his clients, Offset, left, of Migos. Johnathon Kelso for The New York Times
By Joe Coscarelli
Feb. 8, 2018
ATLANTA — Drew Findling, a 58-year-old cool dad with a taste for gingham blazers, is more likely to be recognized by a famous rapper than to recognize one himself. Within the current nerve center of hip-hop — especially here in Georgia — he is known, somewhat mythically, as a “witch doctor,” a “magician,” a “god in the streets.” He is also “the illest.”
Backstage at concerts, Mr. Findling often finds himself being approached by young people — “all these hip-hop stars that I’ve never heard of in my life” — who thank him for all that he’s done for the culture. At Gucci Mane’s televised wedding last year, Mr. Findling recalled, 2 Chainz singled him out with a pointed finger. “See that guy right there,” the rapper told his wife. “Honey, we don’t ever want to be in his office.”
This is the surreal life of the #BillionDollarLawyer, a reputation and hashtag Mr. Findling developed years after becoming an indispensable, behind-the-scenes fixture in the world of Atlanta rap — which, with the rise of the trap sound and dominance of streaming, is basically the heart of the musical universe.
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But in addition to the work, Mr. Findling cherishes the up-tempo exchange of ideas, the energy and unlikely experiences that come with being on the vanguard of culture. Along with the constant stream of “I love you, man” and “I’m so proud of you” messages volleyed over text and FaceTime, Mr. Findling is never short on life tips — save your money, pay your taxes, don’t invest in restaurants — and he admits to absorbing just as much from the other side.
“This is just a new generation, like all past musical generations,” Mr. Findling said. “Blues was the devil’s music, everybody thought jazz was this horrible thing, and rock ’n’ roll was going to destroy the earth.”
Rap, he has learned, is no different in its appeal to “people of all races, all socioeconomic groups.” Besides, “If you can’t hear that ‘Bad and Boujee’ is a classic,” he said, “try again.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/arts/music/drew-findling-atlanta-lawyer-migos-gucci-mane.html
To think i could have known all this before going to Atlanta, yet went cold. Stupidly nuts.
"Thanks fuagf. But actually, there's more good people involved in all aspects of rap than negative."
Drew Findling, right, a criminal defense lawyer, has become an indispensable fixture in the world of Atlanta rap. “It means a lot when you have someone who genuinely cares,” said one of his clients, Offset, left, of Migos. Johnathon Kelso for The New York Times
By Joe Coscarelli
Feb. 8, 2018
ATLANTA — Drew Findling, a 58-year-old cool dad with a taste for gingham blazers, is more likely to be recognized by a famous rapper than to recognize one himself. Within the current nerve center of hip-hop — especially here in Georgia — he is known, somewhat mythically, as a “witch doctor,” a “magician,” a “god in the streets.” He is also “the illest.”
Backstage at concerts, Mr. Findling often finds himself being approached by young people — “all these hip-hop stars that I’ve never heard of in my life” — who thank him for all that he’s done for the culture. At Gucci Mane’s televised wedding last year, Mr. Findling recalled, 2 Chainz singled him out with a pointed finger. “See that guy right there,” the rapper told his wife. “Honey, we don’t ever want to be in his office.”
This is the surreal life of the #BillionDollarLawyer, a reputation and hashtag Mr. Findling developed years after becoming an indispensable, behind-the-scenes fixture in the world of Atlanta rap — which, with the rise of the trap sound and dominance of streaming, is basically the heart of the musical universe.
[... to end ...]
But in addition to the work, Mr. Findling cherishes the up-tempo exchange of ideas, the energy and unlikely experiences that come with being on the vanguard of culture. Along with the constant stream of “I love you, man” and “I’m so proud of you” messages volleyed over text and FaceTime, Mr. Findling is never short on life tips — save your money, pay your taxes, don’t invest in restaurants — and he admits to absorbing just as much from the other side.
“This is just a new generation, like all past musical generations,” Mr. Findling said. “Blues was the devil’s music, everybody thought jazz was this horrible thing, and rock ’n’ roll was going to destroy the earth.”
Rap, he has learned, is no different in its appeal to “people of all races, all socioeconomic groups.” Besides, “If you can’t hear that ‘Bad and Boujee’ is a classic,” he said, “try again.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/arts/music/drew-findling-atlanta-lawyer-migos-gucci-mane.html
To think i could have known all this before going to Atlanta, yet went cold. Stupidly nuts.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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