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An exclusive in-depth interview with a Magic City temptress
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POLE by Eric Perrin
Well, because of the name of club and all the hype, it kinda gets overexaggerated and when people come in there they tend to spend a little extra money just cause it’s Magic City. On a good day, what can you expect to make while working there? It depends because some clubs have certain days that are very popular, like at Magic City, the day is Monday, Magic City Mondays. So, that’s like a day you know for sure if you go to work you gon’ make at least like $500, $600 dollars. But every day other than Monday, you just gotta go see how it turns out. What is the most you’ve ever made on a Magic City Monday? The most I’ve ever made on a Magic City Monday is probably about $2,000. Damn! So how exactly did you start dancing? Well, I’ve been on my own since I was thirteen so, I mean, that’s not an excuse as to why I started doing it, but people used to always tell me when I was younger and growing up: “Aw, you should dance.” They would always talk about how I had a nice shape. You know, you don’t really listen to that type of stuff, but then once I got older one of my cousins was actually dancing and it was just an opportunity that came at the right time. I met some people that were able to help get me hired at some clubs in the Chicago area and I just started dancing. How did you end up in Atlanta? I came down here to go school, and once I came down here, I waited probably about 5 or 6 months before I even started dancing and then I ended up meeting one of the security guards that worked at Blue Flame, which is the club I started at. He got me an interview and I got hired on the spot. Can you tell me the craziest, most outrageous thing that has ever happened to you during your time as a stripper? I mean, it be all type of crazy ass stories, but there was this one old guy I was dancing for, and I’m sure he came while I was giving him a dance. How do you know? His pants were kinda wet, but that wasn’t even the point. I just had a feeling he came by the look on his face.
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ome to arguably the best and most famous strip clubs in the United States, Atlanta is the stripper capitol of America. In ATL, strip clubs are more common than both Church’s and Popeye’s Chicken combined, and serve up more scrumptious breasts and thighs as well. If Atlanta is the strip club capitol of the America, then Magic City is its White House. The little strip club right across the street from the Greyhound Bus station has become much more than just a shake joint, it has transformed into a world-famous icon of an often oversexed hip-hop culture. The four small walls that make up the great City of Magic have hosted countless memories and fulfilled feverish fantasies of nearly the entire rap industry. Once upon a time, strip clubs were reserved for perverted old men with social insecurities, but in recent years strippers have become a mainstream ingredient of virtually all aspects of a rapper’s appetite. From music videos, to song titles, to even wedding chapels and beyond; it seems as if the entire entertainment industry is in “In Luv Wit’ A Stripper.” Fascinated by the overwhelmingly popular demand of strippers in the world of rap, OZONE decided to expose one of the flashing stars of ATL’s most notorious magical strip club, in order to truly gain a better understanding of the all the ups and downs the pole business has to offer. Can you tell me your name and how old you are? My name is Sinna, S-I-N-N-A. It doesn’t mean sinner, like a devil. Sinna like cinna-roll, or cinna-bun. I currently work at Magic City and I’m twenty years old. What is the best part about working at Magic City?
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Damn, I hope he gave you a nice tip! Yeah, that was crazy, but really the most crazy thing at the club is just how greedy some of these girls can be, especially now since I work at Magic City. The girls are so money hungry and greedy, it’s just ridiculous. If you see some of the lengths they go to and some of the stuff they do to get money, it’s just crazy. Give me an example. What’s the craziest thing you’ve witnessed a girl do to get money? They argue over the money. You might be on stage, and say Jeezy or Jermaine Dupri is in there, or whoever may be in there throwing all types of money, they be tossing all that money in the air and it floats and flies all over the place. Some of it can even fly all the way across the room, so all the money that doesn’t fall on the stage, and people try to pick up. You mean other dancers, or the customers? Other dancers, and sometimes just random people, but you can’t really decipher whose money it is because they’re just throwin’ money in the air. So, the girls fight over it all the time. So speaking of celebrities, how many rappers and athletes have you seen while working at Magic City? There are a lot of celebrities that come to Magic City, cause like I said, it has that name. I’ve seen all types of celebrities. The Dirty Awards was a couple of weeks ago, so pretty much everybody was in there then; JD, Da Brat, Shawnna, Trina, Crime Mob, the whole BME, Jeezy with CTE, Young Buck, some people from DipSet was up in there, it just be different people up in there. I’ve even met Gabrielle Union, she came in there one night. I’ve seen Jagged Edge, Ludacris, the whole DTP, pretty much everybody comes through there. So hold up, Gabrielle Union was in there? What was she doing up in Magic City? She was just chillin’. She was with a couple of friends and she was sitting back in the corner of VIP chillin’ and getting some dances. That’s crazy. So speaking of the whole slew of celebrities that go to Magic City, which ones tip the most and which ones are stingy?