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Shannon Smith, the first woman MC of Athens hip-hop, tells her story onlineathens.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from onlineathens.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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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. ....
In high school, most World History classes teach that Athens, Greece was the epicenter of culture back in the day when there was a lot of sculpture chiseling going on and Harry Hamlin was trying to kill Medusa. But in Music History class, its unlikely namesake of Athens, Georgia held similar cred for its own thriving scene. From the late ‘70s to the early ‘90s, Athens was a breeding ground where bands like R.E.M., the B-52’s, Pylon, Love Tractor, Oh-OK, Vic Chesnutt, the Squalls, the Bar-B-Q Killers, Guadalcanal Diary, Widespread Panic, and the Drive-By Truckers got their start before embarking on careers with varying degrees of wider fame, success, and critical evaluation. Also home to the University of Georgia, its low cost of living and thriving DIY art community made it an unlikely home for a Southern Bohemia. ....