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Behind the Stripes: Waka Flocka Flame

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Waka Flocka Flame may not have been born in Atlanta, but he was certainly made here. Born in Jamaica Queens in New York City, he didn’t even start rapping until he moved South. And it was that famous Southern hospitality that made him stay.

“What got me was just the love in Atlanta. When I went out, there was just love. People were dancing in the club, it was hard but it was laid-back, people just wanted to party."

"It’s unexplainable, it’s a feeling you have to feel by being here.”

Waka caught the soccer bug a few years ago, as he happened to be in Barcelona when Messi and company faced Real Madrid.