Atlanta rapper alley boy arrested at school

This February, after he was dropped from T.I.’s flailing Grand Hustle label, Atlanta rapper Yung L.A. tattooed a large duck on his right cheek. That duck is also the logo of Duct Tape Entertainment, to which fellow Atlanta rapper Alley Boy is signed.

Atlanta rapper alley boy arrested at school

In a series of increasingly inflammatory exchanges, Alley Boy, who is fiercely loyal to Duct Tape, pressured Yung L.A., who he said was never formally associated with the label, to remove the tattoo. In early March, L.A. refused, before covering the tattoo with an LA Dodgers logo a few days later.

In April, Alley Boy and a group of associates attacked L.A. They taped that assault as it happened, and the recording circulated the internet widely. I talked to Alley Boy about what happened that day and why. He also spoke about old-Atlanta entrepreneurs, his daughters, emotional struggles and Duct Tape's plans for the summer.

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When did you start rapping? I grew up in a community called Edgewood Courts. I’ve been rapping since I was nine.