Jermaine Dupri Reveals STARZ Purchased Magic Metropolis Docuseries With Drake After “DJ Alliance” Blunder

A docuseries about considered one of Atlanta’s most infamous strip golf equipment that each Drake and Jermaine Dupri are government producing has been bought by STARZ practically two years after it accomplished filming.

On Thursday (March 20), Dupri shared an excerpt of a report from Deadline revealing that STARZ acquired the a five-part docuseries Magic Metropolis: An American Fantasy, which wrapped manufacturing in July 2023. The collection explores the cultural impression of Atlanta’s iconic strip membership, also known as the “Black Studio 54,” via the lens of its affect on the rap trade since its inception in 1985. The collection, created and government produced by Cole Brown, is ready to premiere this summer time.

“Magic Metropolis is a second residence for me,” Jermaine Dupri advised Deadline in 2023. “It’s the one place the place celebrities, hustlers, politicians, and Atlanta locals all come collectively. I’ve watched it evolve over time from a neighborhood joint to an internationally-recognized spot. It’s about time we inform this story the best approach.”

Initially debuting at SXSW final yr, the docuseries boasts a powerful lineup of government producers, together with Drake’s DreamCrew Leisure, Jermaine Dupri and actress Jami Gertz, a majority proprietor of the Atlanta Hawks. Showrunner Bayan Joonam, together with Devin Amar and Alex Kaplan, additionally function government producers.

Given the concentrate on the strip membership’s pivotal function in launching the careers of a number of artists, the announcement of STARZ acquisition of the docuseries coincidentally traces up with a unusual string of tweets Dupri authored about Drake. Extra particularly, Dupri claimed Drizzy’s connection to DJs’ is actually uncanny, drawing backlash within the course of.

“That boi Drake acquired a DJ alliance like no different artist I’ve ever seen, however most of you n##### most likely don’t perceive what I’m saying,trigger uon be outdoors,” he wrote in a tweet on March 18.

He rapidly added yet one more comment as soon as the naysayers started flooding his mentions, referencing an occasion wherein a DJ appeared to apologize for taking part in Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss observe in a membership the place Drake seemingly dominates the playback.

“OK, I see individuals saying DJ alliance is loopy, so let me inform y’all what I noticed, I walked within the membership and the dj was shouting out a gaggle of individuals from the west coast and so they should’ve been like play some west coast s### and earlier than he dropped not like us, he stated ‘I would get in bother for this,’ and I used to be like whoa !” he remarked.

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