By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Hip-hop power couple T.I. and Tiny celebrated the grand opening of their long-awaited affordable housing complex, The Intrada Westside, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Atlanta. The complex is in the northwest of the city. According to HipHopDX.com, it shows how committed the couple is to
and my three sons have been working. and the track lighting and the painting and the building and the furniture and hanging the paintings. we decided, okay, we re going to be ready tuesday for the grand opening. and monday night, they were in the gallery, and people were coming in already and saying, oh, i want to buy this, i want to buy this. and my son said, you know what? my dad s going to be here tomorrow night. he would love to say hello to you and wish you happiness and whatever. come back tomorrow for the grand opening. and they said, no, we want to buy it now. and he said, no, no, no, tomorrow. so, they said, okay. and the next day, i was up the winds were like 100 miles
this. i want to buy this. and my son said you know what? my dad is going to be here tomorrow night. you bought from him before. you would love to say hello to you. come back tomorrow for the grand opening. tomorrow. so he said okay. and, the next day, i was up in my house and the winds were like 100 miles per hour. and i have 150-pound mastiff that could barely walk. and my son called and said dad, it is really getting bad. i said better come on back here, it is not looking good here either: they tried to get out of lahaina and they were closing down the road because
store. reporter: that experience is nearly forgotten these days. but in the shell of a 94-year-old movie in northeast l.a. s eagle rock neighborhood optimists are mounting an unlikely comeback. friday nights were like a party. reporter: they opened in 1985. for 30 years the independent video shop was an l.a. institution. until 2017 when the forces reshaping the media landscape caught up. we couldn t pull any more rabbits out of the hat. reporter: they faded, until now. there is nothing like walking down here. it s incredible. this is like being 15. reporter: with the help of a star-studded cast of supporters like the morning show s mark duplass, they are celebrating the unimaginable. the grand opening of a new video store with an astonishing 60,000 titles for rent, 270-seat movie theater and hunger for the shared experiences of