The Marquette Lounge, in Atlanta, Georgia, held a multi-day “Atlanta Black Pride” concert over Labor Day weekend. Five people were shot during a mass shooting in the parking lot. The event was supposed to celebrate homosexuality in the Black community.
The media have still have not released any details other than the fact that five adults were hospitalized with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The concert began Friday evening, continued Saturday evening, and then went all night long Sunday. The finale was nationally known rapper Lil Kim, who performed early Monday morning. She concluded her set at 6:00 AM, and then gunfire erupted in the parking lot.
There have already been numerous mass shootings at rap & hip-hop concerts in 2021.
