February 2020 Rolling Stone 73
DOLLARS TALKAn employee at another
club flashes cash. “This
is not a strip club,” Jones
notes. “The women who
work here are wearing
clothes, just not a lot.”(^) SUPER FREAK
The Houston rapper
Megan Thee Stallion
performs her breakout
hit “Big Ole Freak” at a
ROLLING STONE Super Bowl
party in Atlanta last year.
FACE TIME
Rising rapper Yung
Mal checks his phone
on a quiet day in
East Atlanta. After
releasing Blessed Lil
Bastards, a 2017 mix-
tape with Lil Quill, the
rapper signed a deal
with Gucci Mane, one
of trap’s originators.
His necklace pays
tribute to Mane’s
label, 1017 Records.
THINK PINK
A room at the Trap
Music Museum,
which T.I. started last
year as a pop-up to
acknowledge how
important trap was
to Atlanta’s culture.
It’s since remained
open, attracting
around 6,000 visitors
every weekend. This
room is a tribute
to 2 Chainz.