WORDS // ERIC N. PERRIN
PHOTOS // ERIC JOHNSON
2007
Prepared to prove that Hip Hop groups are not dead, USDA’s
Corporate Thugz Young Jeezy, Slick Pulla and BloodRaw are ready
to take you on one helluva trip.
The calendar posted on the
back wall of the lofty Corporate
Thugz Entertainment office
on Atlanta’s Northwest side is a
virtual treasure map. It leads to
riches. There is a color coordinated
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marking for almost every
day of the month, directing the
corporate thugs to different cities,
different events, different places
to collect money. There are three
colors that appear on the calendar;
green, yellow and blue. Green
indicates a Young Jeezy bounty,
blue represents BloodRaw, and
yellow means Slick Pulla. It is a
simple yet effective system that
helps organize and arrange the
hectic schedules of three rappers
who consider themselves brothers.
But there’s a twist. This Spring,
when USDA releases its first group
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