Atlanta(4/30/26): Voting Maps Shakeup, Black Wall Street Market Closing, Grady Baby Shower

On Hot 97 News Atlanta (Thursday, April 30), Lana Harris, Ronndell, and Million discuss how a Supreme Court ruling tied to Louisiana could impact Georgia redistricting and voting rights after earlier map changes that added several majority-Black districts, with reactions from figures including Rick Jackson, Raphael Warnock, Burt Jones, and Brian Kemp’s office. They also cover the closing of Stonecrest’s Black Wall Street Market after five years, citing low foot traffic and reflecting on how briefly the Black dollar circulates in the community. The show highlights Grady Hospital’s community baby shower for uninsured and underinsured mothers amid Georgia’s high, often preventable maternal mortality rates and disparities affecting Black women. Additional stories include a hot-car safety campaign, a Fulton County prescription drug take-back effort, a 90-day pause on a BeltLine-adjacent homeless shelter proposal, unruly Delta passenger incidents, Hawks game chatter, and discussion of Drewski hosting the 2026 BET Awards.

Timestamps
00:00 Welcome and Rundown
00:46 Supreme Court Voting Maps
04:15 Georgia Redistricting Fallout
09:49 Race Neutral Map Debate
13:46 Black Wall Street Market Closes
18:47 Black Dollar Circulation Stats
21:34 Grady Community Baby Shower
26:28 Hot Car Baby Safety PSA
29:50 Fulton Opioid Take Back
30:37 Skipping the Doctor
31:03 Drug Take Back Basics
32:02 Do People Return Pills
33:03 Trash Pills and Risks
34:41 BeltLine Shelter Debate
37:26 Homeless City Idea
38:37 Vetting and Safety Concerns
40:35 Anti Gentrification Argument
42:43 Delta Passenger Chaos
47:35 Hawks Game Reality Check
50:26 Drewski Hosts BET
52:39 Signing Off the Hour