Freaknik

‘Freaknik’ doc reveals how Atlanta’s iconic spring break blowout became ‘the greatest black gathering in America’

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‘Freaknik’ doc reveals how Atlanta’s iconic spring break blowout became ‘the greatest black gathering in America’

As leader of the notoriously nasty 2 Live Crew, Luke Campbell was all horned up to bring his group’s brand of raunchy rap to Freaknik — the black spring-break blowout that took over Atlanta during the third weekend of April — in the ’90s. “I just brought the ‘freak’ to Freaknik,” says Campbell in the … Read more

‘Freaknik’ Documentary Invites Viewers to Black College Spring Break

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‘Freaknik’ Documentary Invites Viewers to Black College Spring Break

It’s an accepted spring break axiom that you can retake a class but you can’t relive a party. Until now, that’s been true of Freaknik, the annual bass-rattling spring break street party that drew hundreds of thousands of Black college students to Atlanta throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Traffic crawled. Music blared. Booties were shaken. … Read more