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Rich Homie Quan, Young Thug rock the vote with free Atlanta show

*LEAD PHOTO* July 12, 2014 Atlanta - Rich Homie Quan (left) tries to go back to the stage after he greeted fans during The 2014 V-103/WAOK Car & Bike Show at the Georgia World Congress Center on Saturday, July 12, 2014. V-103/WAOK presents the 11th Anniversary of the Car & Bike Show at the Georgia World Congress Center from Noon – 9PM. In addition to the hottest tricked out rides, classics cars and custom bikes, the Car & Bike Show will feature performances by T.I and the Hustle Gang, T-Pain, Doug E. Fresh, Da Brat, Rich Homie Quan, Rico Love, August Alsina and more. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM Rich Homie Quan will play a free show to promote voting in advance of the 2014 Georgia elections.

Credit: Yvonne Zusel

Credit: Yvonne Zusel

*LEAD PHOTO* July 12, 2014 Atlanta - Rich Homie Quan (left) tries to go back to the stage after he greeted fans during The 2014 V-103/WAOK Car & Bike Show at the Georgia World Congress Center on Saturday, July 12, 2014. V-103/WAOK presents the 11th Anniversary of the Car & Bike Show at the Georgia World Congress Center from Noon – 9PM. In addition to the hottest tricked out rides, classics cars and custom bikes, the Car & Bike Show will feature performances by T.I and the Hustle Gang, T-Pain, Doug E. Fresh, Da Brat, Rich Homie Quan, Rico Love, August Alsina and more. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM Rich Homie Quan will play a free show to promote voting in advance of the 2014 Georgia elections.
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Nov 3, 2014

Following in the footsteps of their hip-hop forebears including Diddy, whose Vote Or Die campaign galvanized young voters around the 2004 presidential election, Atlanta rappers Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan will rally the voting-eligible youth of Atlanta tonight at 8 p.m. with a free concert at The Tabernacle.

Sponsored by Rock the Vote, the #TurnOutForWhat show is open to Georgians over the age of 18. Concert-goers can register for tickets at TurnOutForWhat.com and must pick up physical tickets before entering the venue. Guests will be admitted on a first come, first served basis. Admission will not be permitted after the venue reaches capacity.

In a press release, Young Thug said he got involved with Rock the Vote after realizing some voter registration forms had gone missing in Georgia.

"Like too many others, I wasn't paying attention and missed the voter registration deadline, but I’m not sitting out this election," Thug said in the press release.  "I'm all in – and I'm happy to be working with Rock the Vote to remind young people to vote on Nov. 4."

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Yvonne Zusel has been with the AJC since 2010. She worked on the digital news and food and dining teams before joining the arts & entertainment team.

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