Shawty Lo's family orchestrates a four-day Atlanta celebration honoring the late snap music pioneer and his lasting impact on Hip-Hop.

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"Sweet Home Alabama" famously name-dropped Neil Young, but not over the track that the lyric would lead you to believe.

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