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Jay-Z's 40/40 Club at Atlanta airport denied

by theGrio | January 5, 2012 at 10:06 AM
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From Hip Hop Blog: HipHopBlog has learned that hip hop mogul Jay-Z’s bid to put a 40/40 Club in the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been denied. Atlanta’s city council decided against the venture and voted it down after 9 hours of debate.

It has been suggested that prospects for Jay’s Atlanta 40/40 Club were already dim; as it was not recommended by the office of Mayor Kasim Reed.

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