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Freaknik returns to Atlanta this summer in family-friendly form

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ATLANTA - Freaknik will be back this summer – but in updated, family-friendly form.

From the early 1980s to the late 1990s, the annual spring break-themed event was an infamous gathering in Atlanta, a massive party that swelled in size, and with it, drinking and partying.

By 2010, then-Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed banned any Freaknik-related activities from being staged within the city, and a hallmark of Atlanta revelry disappeared.

But on June 22, the new Freaknik will take place at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood, with Atlanta-based After 9 Partners producing the event.

The lineup includes Project Pat, Uncle Luke, Da Brat, Foxy Brown, Kilo Ali, Bun B. and Pastor Troy. Tickets, which range from $46-$221

Organizers envision Freaknik 2.0 as an annual concert that will showcase unity and togetherness.

“We want everyone to know it’s not the old Atlanta Freaknik,” said Tara Thomas, publicist and branding partner for the concert. “When people think Freaknik, they think party and chaos. That’s not what we want to do. We want it to be a party, but an all-inclusive one.”

Thomas, who is based in Los Angeles, never attended Freaknik, but is familiar with it through her husband, an Atlanta native.

“I just know about it from the stories I’ve heard and there will be no naked girls running down the street on top of cars! We want it to be fun and to make it something people look forward to every year, like a funk fest,” she said.

While Freaknik is an all ages event, Thomas believes that a demographic of 25 and older will best appreciate it and “remember some of the music.”

There are plans to meet with local police before June to retain their support and Thomas also envisions donating some of the proceeds of the show to local women’s empowerment groups.

“We want people to remember (Freaknik) for what it was,” she said, “and for what it is.”
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Funkfest =/= Freaknic

This is nothing more than a money grab from a bunch of old ass, out of touch, has beens and never wases. Probably a cac or a cac approval seeking negro trying to make a dollar on some shit they know nothing about. Do us all a favor and please get the....
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It's "family-friendly ", but whos gonna stop people from turning it in to the old freaknik?


fuckery will ensue
 
This happened because the local government doesn't want them there at all but can't literally stop people from coming.

The next best thing is to make it lame. Like a parent that doesn't want their child to listen to rap music so they put on the Kidz Bop version. Instant fix.
 
SKPJR said:
Who is she and what did she say?
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I might still have the pic with her tweet somewhere, but basically she said "that's my momma, can you take it down" or something to that effect. The original tweet the pic is from is still up, but the chick shut down her twitter acct so her message isn't available any more.
 
“We want people to remember (Freaknik) for what it was,” she said, “and for what it is.”

Then why call it this the Freaknik? They are trying to turn the Freaknik into the Bonnaroo smdh
 
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