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In order to gain a better understanding of the origins of hip-hop culture in Athens, you have to know someone who was there. Or know someone who knows someone who was there. The lives these individuals lived, and the stories they have to tell, aren t going to be easy to find on Google or even at the local library. Willie Wester is one of those who was there, and his personal account of how hip-hop made its way into his life, and ultimately saved it, is the stuff of great autobiographies and feature films. Born in Hempstead, N.C., in 1969, Wester s family moved to Gainesville, Ga., when he was 6 years old before settling in Athens when he was in the seventh grade. It was then, as a student at Clarke Middle School, that Wester s lifelong love of hip hop began. ....
Seated at the console of his home recording studio in Winder, Darrin Ellison queues up a pair of tracks he’s been working on lately, one of which was left open from the previous night. One is a hard-edged hip-hop banger that would get club-goers jumping, the other a hook-heavy love song that sounds like it could go right into radio rotation. Both are among the 500 songs Ellison, better known by his stage name “Elite Tha Showstoppa,” has amassed over the years that remain unreleased. Ellison says that could soon change. “I’ve never released an album,” said Ellison. “That’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and it’s one of my primary goals now.” ....