noun Street Slang

grady baby

· noun · atlanta

Someone born at Grady Memorial — an unfakeable ATL birth certificate.

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Definitions

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Anyone born at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta's huge public hospital downtown. It's the city's badge of native-ness — you can move to Atlanta, but you can't be born there retroactively. Worn with pride.

“Don't play with me, I'm a Grady baby, I been here.”
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grady baby In A Sentence

Don't play with me, I'm a Grady baby, I been here.

Origin & Usage

Grady Memorial Hospital (founded 1892) delivered generations of Atlantans, especially in Black Atlanta. The term hardened into a cultural identity marker through ATL hip-hop — Young Thug's 'Grady Baby' (2014) put it on national radar.

Variants grady babies
Tags #atlanta#hip-hop#identity#native#urban-lingo

People Also Ask

What is a grady baby?

A grady baby is someone born at Grady Memorial Hospital — an unfakeable Atlanta birth certificate.

How do you use grady baby in a sentence?

"Born and raised in the A — I'm a grady baby."

Where does grady baby come from?

It refers to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, so being a grady baby marks you as authentically from the city.

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