This is Atlanta: From Bankhead to Buckhead

[@demarcobennett9694]

Stay strong ATL ✊

[@ishotchamedia]

Oh yeah!! Salute! #iShotcha

[@mlees74]

I loved living in Atlanta from '96 to '98! I love the diversity and culture there. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@ishotchamedia]

You're very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@mslinda4128]

I was in Atlanta back in the 80's for about a year and a half. Have a lot of memories, some good some bad. It was 12 years after MLK's death and I had the pleasure of marching with Mrs King and a whole crowd of my beautiful brothers and sisters singing, "We shall Overcome"! Ironic how that song still resonate across the world!

[@javahsmith2886]

I came to AtL by misatke, and ended up buying a home there, I so Love Atlanta cold and all

[@absolutelyjaxson5147]

I been to Atlanta last year and love it..dont care what nobody say

[@Dropshot1]

correction dumbass..... i dont care what anyone says! not NOBODY say. nice ghetto speak....lol

[@mattmarkus4868]

If you’re a hip hop idiot then yes, it makes perfect sense. If you want to become civilized then no.

[@dandicristina1389]

I am from Atl been there 34 years it’s my. Dirt I moved to Florida to get away from the traffic and cold winters I grew up on roswell road sandy springs

[@lemonwangs]

Dan Dicristina I grew up in sandy springs also.

[@thesharinganknight]

Rich

[@jaeq3176]

Im from north carolina i support you man started from the bottom and made it

[@lemmechangeitdamn1100]

I work for an ATL based business, and live in SC. Y'alls city man, the traffic alone is enough to keep me outta there. Awesome city though.

[@joburke10]

Good video man, Atlanta has alot to offer.

[@ishotchamedia]

I appreciate the feedback...thanks so much for watching! #iShotcha

[@mattmarkus4868]

Way too much hip hop bullshit culture. MLK J would not be a fan of such nonsense, that I can promise.

[@pablocruz8493]

Man. My city. I been there for ten years. Norcross Is my hood. I miss ATL thank you for the video 😎

[@chuckharperjr2474]

Great video, I'm from Atlanta. Lived on Chappell Rd & Bankhead Hwy. I graduated from BTW & also went to MBC. I truly enjoy these documentaries. If you would like to see some other parts of True Bankhead hit me up, I would like to show you my stomping grounds. Great video & Good job...ATL will always be Home for me.

[@DW-mq7se]

I'll say it it even if no one else does. First, great job on the video. I was ATL two days ago for a week and loved it. Me being from Flint, MI I went to Bankhead to get a feel for the community and I love the people as if they are my own family. Much love for Atlanta

[@ishotchamedia]

I appreciate you seeing the value in the video...it's great that you can vouch as you visited it when you came down...thanks so much for the feedback! Our thoughts and support are with you and the city of Flint as well! #iShotcha

[@laryanryan9170]

Dorian Willingham. MF'S from Flint and Detroit be all over Atlanta.

[@sharkheadism]

2:31 that bit about the heater lmfao

[@390h8er]

3:33 is the parking lot where the opening/closing scenes of Black Panther were shot!! (see the tower in the background)😉

[@shwt121]

What about Oglethorpe, Sandy Springs, Buckhead, Decatur, Emory University, Druid Hills NE, Chamblee, Dunwoody, Buford Hwy, Norcross ????? All these places were there when I was growing up there- especially Fernbank Science Center & my school 'cross the street- Fernbank Elem. & DruidHills High? There are alot of places associated with Atlanta,Ga.

[@Ldizzil5000]

I love Atlanta

[@KAWAIIFANTASYNAILS]

Amo Atlanta. Viví cinco meses y nunca sentí temor por mi vida. La gente es muy agradable. Ayudadora y sencillamente me enamoré de la ciudad. Todos los días sollozo el haberme ido de ahí. Se que voy a volver y eso me llena de esperanzas

[@ogie5194]

I miss my old neighborhood. 76-1996. Grew up on the East Point/College Park border. Virginia Avenue and Harrison Road. Eagan Park. Went back and few years ago. and with all the new homes. I don't even recognize it anymore. I do love living in Cleveland Ohio. Absolutely no traffic. Lol.

[@dimefever1006]

Absolutely love Atlanta favorite place to visit...but when I heard about the Atlanta child murders it put a terrible feeling in my stomach...but black kids are still going missing everyday!

[@bigtymekennelsful]

Than you! You gave us good history and the real deal! God bless you brother.

[@quantalor7157]

This one of the best vids ever , and your own family be scared to claim where they originally came from

[@geot9017]

What a great video

[@mslinda4128]

Thanks for sharing this video!

[@MrTeatreeoil]

Atlanta is cool

[@murielevans9450]

You told the truth brother Your hospitality is A+ NO matter If you were homeless or not Much Love to you all Including my ex husband and family Wish I never left had to leave cause of family Issues Circumstances was the case

[@knucklesdafunkeeog6523]

I miss the old school Atlanta back in the 90s during my childhood and teenage years. We have more soul till gentrification came watered down nearly half of the city but fortunately some of us are still maintaining and thriving though

[@jamesevans6052]

Truth and love. Our true freedoms!!

[@PrisonMike-]

Of course you were bumping that Kast....Southernplayalistic!

[@kortkontreras8271]

Ice cube ...every hoods the same

[@briangamez9285]

Kort kontreras that is so true

[@coreysession274]

Salute I'm born and raised atl zone 3 Mechanicsville gradybaby

[@Don.King-Hector]

F. I. L. A. Zone 1 My GranMa nem Zone 4 My Momma nem

[@bwill46]

Zones 3, 4 & 5!!! Leila Valley, Thomasville, 4 Seasons, Cascade....even DeKalb County, East Lake Meadows!!?

[@SpectrumSkate]

1,2,5&6

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

Great Video Daphne Cotton. Shot Cha :Excellent ●Castano BROWN FAMILY.

[@sheikadeptofatlantabluffbe9867]

Nice hat, great video and definitely the best city in the world! 💯

[@reklessgangclimer6827]

ain't been to da underground of ATL in a min.

[@knucklesdafunkeeog6523]

Unfortunately they shut it down a few years ago ☹️

[@hurtspublishing3906]

​@@knucklesdafunkeeog6523it opened back up

[@basilaydyingm7506]

Great video

[@ishotchamedia]

Barry AsILayDying McHugh thanks so much for your feedback

[@sweetwa089]

Wow he's so right. I'm from Augusta.

[@BrendaBaBoom]

That pistol tells me a lot.

[@yonatandaniyel5640]

Open carries his pistol... :p Sig Sauer though, not bad choice..

[@MrTonyProductionz]

Im from Los Angeles and visited atl 4x this year so far. 1st thing driving around i realized it has alot black culture and history. Murals of black people on the walls of buildings, black colleges around downtown. There isnt much diversity in people which reflect the resturants. Traffic is bad, alot of forest n open space. Has a small town feel, not as big as people portray it on tv. Its very humid during the summer. However, the people are friendly and welcoming. Has a community feeling where one is willing to help the next. I love it

[@noeschmoe9927]

Atlanta has some great BBQ. I also heard a rumor that a giant astroid was headed to Atlanta. Couldn't happen to a more deserving city.

[@ramonburgos6351]

Atlanta is a city in flux. New young money is coming in from the outside and changing neighborhoods. I suspect that within the next 10 years, a lot of these old hoods will transform into something unrecognizable. Best part of Atlanta is the low crime rate. You'll never hear about mass shootouts in the ATL. Great town with nice people. Very diverse.

[@dankhead88]

I haven't had problems going to the bluffs. I'm a Korean dude that gets along with everyone there. Just don't get in anyone's bad side

[@atarbuck3452]

Atlanta doesn’t have a low crime rate. Everything’s high including the std rate.

[@cw6152]

I am so glad to see a positive video of the A from someone actually from the A i LOVE ATL i miss the old A but change is inevitable ya welcome to come ya welcome to stay any disrespect an we'll make yo ass fly away #daDirrtysouth #FILA

[@charlesthomas3605]

WTF???.....your gettos looks waaaay better than what I've seen......I've seen Farrrr Worst..... Believe Me....lol

[@TheDaddynate]

Atl is blessed with better than most northern midwest cities. The hood here looks suburban compared to Detroit. But bad shit happens everywhere, no matter what city or hood you're in, so even though it don't look as bad as Detroit, I respect it

[@charlesthomas3605]

No I agree with you.... because I respect my city....that's why I came back and left ATL.....but I gotta say....I got a job with in a week there.... Here in Detroit they don't do that....they just talk about how they have a job.....I met cool dudes from there and hooked me up with a job...Two jobs...three jobs.....a beautiful young lady i worked with there warned me about going back but I didn't listen....I was home sick and the gays we're heavy down there...I've seen things there that I Never saw.....but the women I worked with treated me like a Star Celeberty.....

[@charlesthomas3605]

@J RichI'm talking back in the dam early 90's..... Don't give me that crap...... trying to make y'all ghettos seem and look harder.... because it's Not!.....I grew up in the hood and was raised in the projects....aka ghettos....come on man.....who you think you're talking too?.....a brother that came from Mayberry......y'all funny as hell..😂😂😂😂

[@charlesthomas3605]

@J Rich lmao!!!.....what's a fuck nigga??.....a nigga who likes to fuck...That's what it is....and I never accused of not agreeing with me.....that's good you agree... Atlanta is alright.....I've been there and live there for 3 years NiCCA.....and all that name shit you trying to blast on me .....😂😂😂......I'm not worried about that......you don't talk that shit to the white supremacists though....but y'all real tough on other niggas....why?.... because yall feel comfortable Fucking with your Own....so He'll yeah I'm a Fuck nigga.... because I's Likes to Fuck thee Ladies Bruh'....or as y'all say it there.....FOLK...... Atlanta is okay....it was just too many gays and Lesbos down there for me...... I told everyone up here and they all said...fuck yeah....nigga you didn't know....hell naw....that's why I came back.....but the brothers was cool down there with me....😎

[@charlesthomas3605]

@J Rich and hey....them white people are running y'all niggas out last time I was there.....you need to take that bad ass toughness you got and run them white folks out instead of trying to blast me.....take that energy and use it on them white people that's trying to throw y'all niggas out....foreal...

[@megabryant3944]

Day one Grady baby

[@nohippietruckingandtransportat]

the people that live in Atlanta need to stop all of that senseless violence. It's ridiculous. Atlanta could be a great city, but when you need a gun that speaks volumes

[@cmartin6792]

Handsome

[@rossskhi4557]

Great job on the interview ❤️

[@cxrgaming923]

Y'know Ol' boy is right. Being from the hood, you don't know you in the hood. Coming from being raise in Goulding "on the West Side of Pensacola" ever since i was a youngen, i always thought seeing all the negativity in the area was a normal part of life. But i didnt realize the harsh reality behind all that i've seen and done was nothing but a short entrance to the grave. Dang, life sure has its ways.

[@ajaydwayne5586]

makes me want to move there

[@51885shuaizhang]

Living 14 years in Atlanta, love here but traffic. Still much better than other state, my friends said.

[@JerkVegas86]

They Come....They Go...

[@khaylaharvin8762]

hi Brandon casey and Brian Casey

[@angelrivas1539]

Damn that’s the hood?? I grew up in Chicago them hoods look scary! Lol idk the city 🌃 is just something else. You can feel it in the air...

[@TheTrill334]

Atlanta was nice . It's the best city in america for blacks who want to be in business. But I fell in love with other countries and cities outside the u.s.

[@alvinkarpis5755]

Every major city is exactly like this.

[@laryanryan9170]

Facts.

[@1kay243]

I thought the same when he was explaining why it was the best

[@YeekTV_Atlanta]

Hey bro... I’m in the works of creating a documentary about the Old Atlanta. How can I get in contact with you?

[@ishotchamedia]

[e-mail]

[@derrickhunter914]

you can't mention Atlanta and not mention SUMMERHILL bankhead maybe more popular do to the fact most of the rappers come from that area and who not from Atlanta that's all they know so when people visit if they are a hood dweller 1st place they ask about is bankhead or the Lenox but all real atliens know the heart of Atlanta is that southern downtown wrap around from 4th ward Thomasville SUMMERHILL MECHANICSVILLE WEST END to THE BLUFF Outside of that next you got The WESTSIDE THE BLUFF to bankhead or The SWAT WEST END to CAMPBELTON RD then it's EAST SIDE Moreland ave to BOULDERCREST. If im lying correct the order

[@chaucerparks5941]

Derrick Hunter ATLANTA NATIVE AND PRESENT RESIDENT. ORIGINALLY BORN AND RAISED IN ADAMSVILLE 'DA FLATLANDS' ✌

[@nhcp371]

i grew up off flat shoals rd.. flat shoals apartments back in the 90s

[@chaucerparks5941]

yfn P Flatshoals Rd Decatur Ga got it's share of Real Ogs Too...

[@chaucerparks5941]

Derrick Hunter Summer Hill was actually worst or at least just as violent as the Bankhead Area back in the late 70s, especially 80s & early 90s..2000s was new era Summer Hill.

[@laryanryan9170]

@@chaucerparks5941. Remember the Summerhill riots?

[@ericcarroll1593]

There's a whole lot of areas that are condemned detriot chicago new jersey florida not just atl

[@greenantoinette10]

Just came across this video, Checking the content of threads pertaining to Atlanta. Breif but good video, most of Atlanta has been watered down, with the population growth exploding since, 1996, After then Mayor Bill Campbell declared Atlanta an " International City", During the time the Olympics were on the way. The hoods were being torn down to make way for financially stable people to "improve" the look of the city, with that, Atlanta started slowly loosing that authentic grit it once had. People truly from their knows it, The Mayor basically gentrified the metro area, Catering to a more desirable people to fill in what wasn't desired. I'm from the westside, My Grandmother lived next door to Wayne Williams, He went High School with one of my uncles. I was told he did not commit those heinous crimes, It was all set up. That situation goes real deep. You are correct, During that time, People in the neighborhood watched out for one another, their were watch signs in the areas that posed a lot of crime, which seem to be everywhere on the west side. But Atlanta now, is not a true Atlanta, An authentic Atlanta, Because of the growth, it brought more crime in, & less caring people. But if you are truly from Atlanta, you can tell whose from the eastside, westside, north & south side. Most of the soul of Atlanta has either left, died out or sold out. I miss the old school restaurants, like the one that was family owned across the street from hightower station😋., Only an old school head would know what I'm talking about, But it's always good to see videos like this, Oh yeah, The Underground isn't the same either, The reputation it had after it was done over, is basically ran down, or it's just me. Anyways, This is a some what a quick " hood recap ", ( I mean that in a good way).

[@ishotchamedia]

Thanks so much for the feedback! This is exactly what we wanted to convey in the short amount of time we were given. We submitted this in a contest for Atlanta Film Festival's Short Clips. It had to be no longer than 5 minutes and represent something about Atlanta. We chose to do a short documentary on someone who was truly from the city. Salute! #iShotcha

[@TheDaddynate]

i'm one of those implants to the area, but I understand. The same thing is happening up in Detroit where i'm from, they're starting to build new homes and neighborhoods where projects and century old neglected housing used to be.

[@amenentuet]

Bro. We Probably Know Each Other ! The Atwaters and friends. Wayne Didn't Kill Those Children !!!

[@BakedBeanieSigel]

We as black people absolutely have to take a stand and stop letting white people invade our neighborhoods and take over and white wash out the culture. Atlanta is one of the few cities where Educated Black people with money, and Black entrepreneurs can stop the invasions, unlike other cities where white people basically gentrify an area, and the Blacks are too poor to do anything about it. Atlanta is starting to feel really watered down, but it's not too late to stop it. Right now it's kind re-adjusting to the changes.

[@TheDaddynate]

Our money doesn't match that of white folks even at the top. Best thing to do when you know your area is going to be gentrified is to hold onto your property until it booms and generate new wealth from it to pass to your kids and that's the way to really catch up.

[@firesign4297]

I NEVER understand why no one goes BACK and make it BETTER! For the ones that they left BEHIND in their old ...CHILDHOOD...neighbor hoods😩....someone explain this please😩....

[@GeraldHarris-cf2zh]

Most of them know them niggas will tear that shit up in 5 -10 years

[@bwill46]

5 points!!

[@growingupundrayalance7970]

They keep recommending Videos about Atlanta 🤷🏽‍♀️😂

[@OneManWentToMow]

you can see where that guy dyed his beard and mustache

[@colleenlee1540]

Good ass eyes

[@eze3914]

Lived there. Messed up cops, traffic that's unbearable. Low wages. Humid to the point of being nasty. Patels all over the place. Pass.

[@scarecrow2811]

When I say I love the A I don't mean Atlanta I mean Apple juice. In drinking some right now and god damn its tasty beverage when served cold. I'm sippin on some goid ol Motts. Shout out to the real A. Apple juice. 🍎

[@amenentuet]

Atl. Was Sweet Back in The Day ! After 1996 Here Comes The Influx . The Rest is History .

[@ednahurst3470]

I'm from Florida by way of Jamaica, been here 14 years & I love this city! It's all in how you move & the people you surround yourself with. I've met quite a few stars in the "hood"... I worked at Walters on Cleveland Ave...it seems Momma Dee, Wakka's Mother, Cash Out, Ti, Momma Cash, young Thug & his Lady love real soul food & I love SW Atl. Great video 😀...I've learned how to ride the train from Eastpoint to Doraville, the flea on Metropolitan 😀😁 I love 5 points & shopping at the Underground! #FILA

[@hammertlme]

You really think you need a gun in the car to ride around Bankhead?

[@greenantoinette10]

Yeah. Anywhere in Atlanta. I don't know if you're from there or even from the south, Some people perceive Atlanta as a " Country Town", compared to larger cities, But , There's country everywhere, Good & bad everywhere, As far as " Bankhead", The street itself isn't all Bankhead, That's going into the Bluff, which is " Bankhead", You don't know what kind of situation you can find yourself in, You don't have to have heat, but it's safer & smarter to do so, Legally.

[@DawganFetty]

Hell yea niggas car jacking and robbing all day everyday I'm from Dayton, Ohio and we dnt play that shit but dwn there it's going dwn and yu will get yo issue if yu got that fire on yu, women an all can get it so shit ain't sweet

[@adriengadson3544]

Yeah you better carry something in The Atl or you a fool. Atlanta is not what out of town ppl think it is

[@five8finest818]

Adrien Gadson I'm from NY shit HAPPENS ✌️

[@chanelspearman6305]

ZONE6 STANDUP!!!!

[@borood1188]

Bankhead is a toilet. Buckhead is upscale.

[@amenentuet]

When THEY Took Prayer Out of The Public Schools, it Was Time to Get Strapped !

[@nexxworldentertainment9356]

Hell yeah Atlanta the greatest city on the planet. Watch our show Buckhead Manie on our channel!

[@youngtragedy3281]

You also can't talk about Atlanta without talking about homeless homeless people.

[@viewmaster2027]

*ATL* my ass *Dude* sounds like he's from *(B-More)* Baltimore* .... *Real Talk* 😊

[@andreqdominguez8226]

It looks quiet lol it doesn't look divers to me

[@DawganFetty]

Hollywood Rd NW

[@colleenlee1540]

Grandma,s house was supposed to be a place u can always call home and go back to when your man beat that ass , but damn shelter here they come

[@ccwnoob4393]

Buckhead is on it's way to becoming the next Bankhead. I wonder why it never works the other way around - where a dump hood like Bankhead turns into the next Buckhead.

[@nucklehead718]

I mean have yall seen the projects in NYC? That's hood. Yall got houses yards driveways and that's the hood?

[@felipeescobedo2230]

That neighborhood is busted up with gangs.

[@derrickhunter914]

my fault I left out CLEVELAND AVE So in all actuality if go 4TH WARD THOMASVILLE SUMMERHILL MECHANICSVILLE LAKE WOOD CLEVELAND AVE WEST END TO THE BLUFF .

[@ishotchamedia]

Derrick Hunter Thanks so much for the feedback and support!

[@EastOfATL]

Bruh I salute da video pimp... But ya can't say ATL without da EAST Side da BEAST Side ya digg... #Zone6 wea da real nigguhz dwell also apard uh da ATL.....

[@markjones5757]

STOP.

[@Kai-re2do]

EAST ATL hell yeah a whole Lotta dons,slimes, and savages round here nawwfr💯🐍🎱🔺🌎💵💸

[@pogojayjay7583]

You have to carry your gun to feel safe in the best city? Someone is going to steal your gun from your car without a lockbox.

[@1snikta]

Man they should invest into they're old area. Would be a great tax write off.

[@laryanryan9170]

A lot of blacks own rental homes in black areas but some of them are slumlords.

[@1snikta]

Yeah. True. I've seen it.. North Tulsa Oklahoma.

[@mothernature12]

That shit don't look like a hood, it looks like rural backwoods Tennessee

[@sarahsue3412]

So instead of being proud of being from the hood...go in that hood and change it. Channge the crime, fix it up, teach your men to stop destroying their neighborhoods, stay with their spouses and raise their children. Make an honest living and stop hiding behind the race card. -- a strong, black woman.

[@firesign4297]

Why NOT go back and fix the area they grew up in???

[@Nasrumii]

FIRE SIGN exactly bc that’s approximately what I’m going to do w my own city. Ain’t no way I’m building up others before my own .

[@dustinz.9471]

They are! Check bankhead on Zillow. All of the properties have been bought up.

[@dubreil07]

Being in the hood at one moment and being in a major part of the city in a few minutes is not unique to Atlanta. Most big cities are like this

[@JSUTI1995]

Glad I did not grow up in the slums, "Hood", Shit Hole, etc. Thanks to my parents and what they taught us to make us WHO WE ARE, my kids avoided growing up in a shyt environment like this also.No excuses, do your job, raise those kids they way they should be raised which will reduce the disgrace that is being presented in this video.

[@mylesg1103]

ռօ ɦɛǟt

[@ImWeT0did]

Damn dis accent sound more southern them memphis, ATL TOO HOOD

[@firesign4297]

Fix up the HOUSES....open up BUSINESSES....AFTER School and WEEKEND...COMMUNITY Centers.....hopefully all the stars he spoke of and more...will...REACH BACK 😢💔😢😩

[@amenentuet]

GENTRIFICATION !

[@BrandonSeattle]

I ain't living there. It looks like bait and switch to me.

[@ishotchamedia]

BrandonSeattle thanks for your feedback and support

[@TheDaddynate]

Wow, you must really hate the northern cities. What does it do for you to live under more billionaires there as opposed to any other city? Do they share the microsoft money with the greater population? Or do they just raise property values to crazy highs and make it to where a family making 100k per year is considered poverty?

[@queenrocksradio2677]

Algonquin J Calhoun I was thinking of moving there but guess not after your colorful yet informative synopsis lol

[@laryanryan9170]

@Algonquin J Calhoun. And by the way. Ted Turner sold his Atlanta assets and moved to Montana over 20 years ago.

[@lemonwangs]

Toussaint Louverture almost tricked me.

[@Nikkicolelive]

#NewSubscriber

[@nationalitiesnbf2116]

Clean it up and rent it not gentrification

[@nanapearlpearl2696]

sorry I don't miss ATL😏

[@stevereed8786]

But it's so dangerous. You guys brag about how the killings are cool and how it made you a better person. White people are scared of the blacks because of the culture. Look how insanely dangerous it is and you guys like it. Whites want no part of any one thing you have to offer. Way to easy to get killed.

[@stevereed8786]

Great Lakes Are you nuts? Listen to what he I saying. You have been in denial over this insane violent crap for so long you don't get it! This guy just said he "wouldn't change one part". It's yours, you made, you own it. It's all yours. No thanks to you and yours, and now I'm smh. Geezus H Christ!

[@blackmillionairestatus5034]

+Sweet Cheekz Lol those are facts!

[@mattmarkus4868]

MLK J would not approve of ATL’s lowbrow, gangster hip-hop culture. You guys are deluding yourselves if you think that shit is a sign of progress. To even talk about him with that crap playing in the background is offensive

[@chrisperkins6286]

Atlanta cant touch LA.....

[@derrickhunter914]

my fault I left out CLEVELAND AVE So in all actuality if go 4TH WARD THOMASVILLE SUMMERHILL MECHANICSVILLE LAKE WOOD CLEVELAND AVE WEST END TO THE BLUFF .

[@TuscanWonder]

Derrick Hunter In college park now...but grams raised her kids in the bluff before going to decatur Tony Dr.. but she's from Warm Springs, GA... TRACING THE ROOTS BEFORE WE LOSE HER