Rappers Like Slim Thug, Lil Baby Buying Old Block to Prevent Gentrification

Hip-hop stars often represent their old neighborhood.

But like many other affluent African-Americans, once they make it big, they move to the suburbs.

While there is nothing wrong with upward mobility, many African-Americans are quick to abandon family property that has been in the family for generations, prematurely.

And then non-African-Americans come in, buy the land for cheap, “revitalize” the neighborhood, which raises the property value, forcing many longtime residents to leave their homes because they can no longer afford the property taxes.

Atlanta rap star Lil Baby, 31, is an exception to that rule.

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