MORE: Rico Wade, OutKast producer, Dungeon Family co-founder dies at 52 The backstory As a member of the renowned Organized Noize production team and a leader of the Dungeon Family, Wade played a ...

EAST POINT, Ga. — The city of East Point made a point to honor the late Rico Wade’s contributions to the hip-hop industry on Friday in the spot where it all began -- with a monument in his honor.

Late Atlanta producer Rico Wade will receive monument in his home city. The city of East Point is set to honor hip-hop producer Rico Wade with a permanent monument near his childhood home.

EAST POINT, Ga. — “Rico Wade put Atlanta on the map,” according to a plethora of family, friends and artists who worked closely with him. Family, friends, community members, fans and artists ...

It was the early 1990s, and as a teenager, he stood inside of Lamonte‘s Beauty Supply story at Headland and Delowe drives in East Point to freestyle for Rico Wade. He and his partner-in-rhyme ...

Rico Wade was more than a producer. He was a prophet with beats, a mentor with vision, and a pioneer who helped craft the sound of OutKast, Goodie Mob, and an entire generation. “This is where ...