VICE - Google Presents: Atlanta Streets by VICE (1.5 Million Views)

With over a 1.1 million views on VICE's youtube, Akil Gibbons hosted and produced this Atlanta episode of the Google sponsored series Streets By VICE exploring the city’s impact on the civil-rights movement and its present day dominance in hip-hop and pop culture.

Atlanta is one of the most culturally & historically rich cities in the United States. In this episode of Streets by VICE, we'll meet everyone from civil rights leader Juanita Abernathy, to Atlanta street artists, to councilmans, to some of the most influential hip hop producers in the game Zaytoven and Organize Noise, as they educate us about their Atlanta.

Streets by VICE: Atlanta (Ponce De Leon Ave.)

Role: Host/Film Producer

Akil travels back home to his city of Atlanta to speak with civil-rights leader Juanita Abernathy about organizing with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and how Atlanta served as the epicenter for the movement, the legendary Dungeon Family about how Atlanta became a pioneering force in Hip-Hop, and the father of Trap Music Zaytoven as to how Atlanta continues to dominate pop culture in America.