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Are you really from Atlanta? According to this rapper, probably not

By WSBTV.com News Staff

Omeretta the Great

By WSBTV.com News Staff

ATLANTA — Are you really from Atlanta? According to an up-and-coming rapper whose new video has gone viral, you’re probably not.

Rapper Omeretta the Great dropped the song “Sorry Not Sorry” on Instagram on Friday.

In the video, which ironically is filmed in Cobb County, the rapper sings about all the places in metro Atlanta that she thinks are not the real ATL.

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“Answer this if you say you from the ‘A,’ right? Which zone are you from? What hood did you live? What hospital bed were you born? Look, I know it sound crazy, but imma ‘A’ baby, I gotta start pulling folks cards,” she sings.

The rapper goes on to say that if you didn’t grow up in the Atlanta Public Schools, system you are not from Atlanta. She also goes on to list all the metro Atlanta locals that are not “Atlanta,” including College Park, Lithonia, Clayton County, Decatur, Gwinnett, Roswell, Forest Park and Lilburn.

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We’re here to clear it up:

The City of Atlanta is relatively small, with a population of just about 500,000 people, but metro Atlanta encompasses 29 counties and more than 6 million people.

But for Omeretta, what qualifies as metro Atlanta is even smaller than the city limits.

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“I’m talking about the 1, the 3 and the 4,” she raps, referencing three of the six Atlanta Police Department zones on the southside.

TMZ pointed out that some of Atlanta’s most famous rappers are not native Atlantans under Omeretta’s definition, including Ludacris and 2 Chainz, who are from College Park; Outkast, which hails from East Point and the Migos, who are from Lawrenceville.

The internet had a lot to say about the track:

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