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May 2018
26m 32s

Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory

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Atlanta - 1996. A young and ambitious drug dealer settles his "business" in the world capital of strip clubs. 10 years later his business generates more than 300 million dollars and contributes to make Atlanta the world capital of rap music. His style, his flamboyance but also his excesses would be forever part of the rap culture and still influences the world today.

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