Atlanta strip clubs have played an integral role in breaking rap hits for decades. Gentlemen’s clubs have long served as a testing ground for the genre — and although the streaming era of music has changed the music landscape, strip club DJs have continued to be meticulous about what makes their playlists on a nightly basis.

There has undoubtedly long been a symbiotic relationship between hip-hop culture and the strip club. Jeezy once called Magic City his “office,” and Jermaine Dupri executive-produced a Magic City docuseries on STARZ alongside Drake earlier this year. “When I got serious about music, Magic City Monday, everything happened there,” Jeezy told Billboard over the summer about his rap origins.

Billboard and DJ Monitor, a service that installs music-recognition technology fo

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