{"id":836549,"date":"2025-03-25T08:11:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/magic-city-an-american-fantasy-doc-set-for-starz-summer-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T08:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:11:58","slug":"magic-city-an-american-fantasy-doc-set-for-starz-summer-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/magic-city-an-american-fantasy-doc-set-for-starz-summer-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Magic City: An American Fantasy\u2019 Doc Set For STARZ Summer\u00a02025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tThe story behind one of Atlanta\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/gallery\/joselines-cabaret-brings-sexy-stage-show-to-atlantas-magic-city-1234978524\/\">most popular adults-only landmarks<\/a> will soon be available on streaming. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/t\/starz\/\" id=\"auto-tag_starz\" data-tag=\"starz\">STARZ<\/a> network has acquired <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/t\/magic-city\/\" id=\"auto-tag_magic-city\" data-tag=\"magic-city\">Magic City<\/a>: An American Fantasy<\/em>, a five-part docuseries exploring the legacy of the famous strip club and its powerful influence on Hip-Hop.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/news\/entertainment\/jermaine-dupri-atlanta-magic-city-strip-club-docuseries-1234771107\/\"><em>Magic City: An American Fantasy<\/em> <\/a>is a riveting behind-the-curtain look at one of the most unique places in Black culture,\u201d\u00a0explained Kathryn Busby, President of Original Programming at\u00a0STARZ in a statement. \u201cThe docuseries\u2019 unprecedented insider access and history unveiled from those who built its empire is a perfect complement to\u00a0STARZ\u2019s slate of adult, culture-driving shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cFrom politicians to artists, to drug kingpins, Magic City has been a home for a broad cross-section of Black Atlanta for decades. Everyone should know the unbelievable story of this institution and the man who founded it, and STARZ is the perfect partner to bring it to the world. We\u2019re thrilled,\u201d added <br \/>Creator and executive producer Cole Brown.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFEJu42px2t\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\n\tMagic City has been a legendary Atlanta institution and launchpad for countless Hip-Hop artists since 1985, raising the club\u2019s reputation as the \u201cBlack Studio 54.\u201d The program aims to dive deeply into its storied rise to global prominence and how it became a definitive king-maker with regular clientele including 2 Chainz, Nelly, Shaquille O\u2019Neal, Quavo, Killer Mike, Big Boi, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Magic City: An American Fantasy<\/em> also tells the story of its founder, Michael \u201cMr. Magic\u201d Barney as well as touching on the many lives of the women most responsible for the club\u2019s mystique.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Magic City's 'Mr. Magic' Reveals How He Created ATL's #1 Strip Club | Sip 'N Smoke With Cam Newton\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0dtGIjbe0r0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\n\tThe documentary series first premiered to critical acclaim at the SXSW Festival in 2024 and will make its STARZ debut this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWhen our family became the Majority Owners of The Atlanta Hawks, the Barneys were the very first people to welcome us to the city,\u201d shared executive producer, Jami Gertz. \u201cThey reached out to us with open arms and that great southern hospitality, not to mention the fact that Juju Barney and my sons became fast friends. I am honored to be a part of bringing their family\u2019s story to the world. It\u2019s a tale of tremendous heart and hustle! And a true love letter to our adopted home of Atlanta, Georgia!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/news\/movies-tv\/magic-city-american-fantasy-strip-club-documentary-starz-1235056124\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n DeMicia Inman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story behind one of Atlanta\u2019s most popular adults-only landmarks will soon be available on streaming. The STARZ network has acquired Magic City: An American Fantasy, a five-part docuseries exploring the legacy of the famous strip club and its powerful influence on Hip-Hop. \u201c Magic City: An American Fantasy is a riveting behind-the-curtain look at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1963,1798,3225],"tags":[5637,8819],"class_list":{"0":"post-836549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-american","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-magic","10":"tag-american","11":"tag-magic"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}