Shawty Lo's family orchestrates a four-day Atlanta celebration honoring the late snap music pioneer and his lasting impact on Hip-Hop.

Rapper Shawty Lo was killed early Wednesday morning during a hit-and-run accident in Georgia. The Atlanta native, born Carlos Walker, was one of the founding members of the group D4L. Suggested ...

Authorities say the rapper Shawty Lo was killed in a fiery car crash on a freeway near southwest Atlanta. Fulton County police Cpl. Maureen Smith said the car struck a couple of trees and burst into ...

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Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says that All My Babies’ Mamas — the story of rapper Shawty Lo and his 11 children with 10 different women — is just one example of new forms of slavery that we ...

A local music festival will honor late rapper Shawty Lo with the help of the group founded by the Atlanta rapper in the early 2000s. The A3C Festival and Conference will honor the rapper, who died in ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo was killed in a fiery car crash on a freeway near southwest Atlanta, authorities confirmed Wednesday. The car struck a couple of trees and burst into flames ...