THIS IMAGE CAPTURE’S PART OF MT. ZION CHURCH FROM A ABANDONED LOT WHERE A HOME WAS BURNED DOWN. MT. ZION IS LOCATED AT THE END OF JONES STREET AND DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM SYD’S GRANDMOTHER’S HOME. MOST OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON JONES STREET HAVE LIVED THERE FOR MANY YEARS. AS LIFE EVOLVE AND NEW GENERATIONS ARE CREATED THERE HAS BEEN A TREND IN YOUNGER FAMILIES MOVING TO JONES STREET BUT MT. ZION CHURCH HAS ALWAYS REMAINED THERE TO WELCOME EVERYONE. EVEN THOUGH MT. ZION WAS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM SYD’S GRANDMOTHER’S HOME, SYD WAS NOT A MEMBER OF MT. ZION BUT SHE WOULD WATCH CHURCH GOERS COME AND GO FROM THEIR LIVING ROOM WINDOW.

GROWING UP SYD DID NOT LIKE ATTENDING CHURCH BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF BEING JUDGED FOR HER SEXUAL ORIENTATION. NOW SYD WALKS FIRMLY IN HER TRUTH.

WHAT CARTERSVILLE NATIVES CALL “ TOP GYM” IS LOCATED IN THE SUMMER HILL COMMUNITY, AT THE INTERSECTION OF JONES STREET AND AUBREY STREET. TOP GYM GOT ITS NICKNAME FROM BEING LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. TOP GYM IS WHERE MANY RECREATIONAL GAMES ARE PLAYED AND WHERE SYD PLAYED MANY GAMES HERSELF, SO IT SAFE TO SAY THAT TOP GYM PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN SYD DEVELOPING HER BASKETBALL SKILLS AT A YOUNG AGE.

THIS PHOTO CAPTURE’S MAURICE STANDING OUTSIDE OF TOP GYM.

MAURICE IS THE CARETAKER OF TOP GYM AND WORKER FOR CARTERSVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES. AS A KID SYD RECALLS LOOKING DOWN AT TOP GYM FROM HER GRANDMOTHER’S HOME TO SEE IF IT WAS OPEN AND THEN MEETING MAURICE THERE AS HE OPENED THE DOORS FOR THE DAY. MAURICE ALSO MADE A FOOTPRINT IN SYD’S LIFE BY SCHOOLING HER ON THE GAME OF BASKETBALL.

JOHN H. MORGAN GYMNASIUM IS NICKNAMED "BOTTOM GYM" BY THE LOCALS OF CARTERSVILLE BECAUSE IT SITS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL ON AUBREY STREET, IRONICALLY RIGHT BELOW THE TOP GYM.

YOUTH AND ADULT RECREATIONAL GAMES ARE PLAYED HERE BUT UNLIKE TOP GYM, BOTTOM GYM DOES NOT ALLOW OPEN GYM TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A PLACE SYD REMEMBERS PLAYING GAMES DURING SUMMER LEAGUE BASKETBALL AS A KID.

THIS OUTSIDE BASKETBALL COURT IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PROECT AT THE BOTTOM OF AUBREY STREET.

THESE COURTS ARE A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING A SAFE PLACE AFTER SCHOOL AND OUTLET FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND TEENS IN THE SUMMER HILL COMMUNITY OF CASRTERSVILLE, GA.

YOUNG SOUF IS AN LEGENDARY RAPPER IN THE VILLE. EVERY ONE KNOWS HIM AND HE KNOWS EVERY ONE. HE IS WHAT THEY CONSIDER A TRUE OG NOT BECASUE HE RAP BUT BECAUSE HE HAS A REPUTATION FOR PASSING ALONG WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE YOUTH AND DROPPING KNOWLEDGE ON UP AND COMING RAPPERS FROM THEIR COMMUNITY OF CARTERSVILLE.

"OK DEN” - YOUNG SOUF

THIS IMAGE DEPICTS SYD’S GRANDMOTHER’S H0USE ON JONES STREET, WHERE MAJORITY OF HER CHILDHOOD TOOK PLACE. THIS IS WHERE SYD, HER SISTERS AND ALL OF HER COUSINS WENT AFTER SCHOOL TO BE SUPERVISED BY THEIR GRANDPARENTS.

THIS DOOR YOU SEE IS TO THE BASEMENT OF THE HOME BUT OVER THE YEARS IT HAD BECOME AN EMPTY AND DARK PLACE. SYD'S FATHER ALSO LIVED IN THIS HOME SHORTLY AFTER HIM AND HER MOTHER DIVORCED. EVEN THOUGH SYD AND HER FATHER LIVED IN THE SAME HOME, THEIR CONNECTION AND COMMUNICATION WAS FAR IN DISTANCE.

IN THE SONG "GETAWAY" OFF SYD’S FIRST PROJECT "JONES STREET" SHE MENTIONS HOW SHE DID NOT WANT TO END UP IN THE BASEMENT LIKE HER FATHER.

AFTER SOME RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS BETWEEN SYD AND HER PARTNER, SYD DECIDED TO MOVE BACK TO THE VILLE TO HER GRANDMOTHER'S HOME AT THE END OF 2019. THE HOME ONCE BELONGED TO SYD'S GREAT AUNT LILLIE BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY. LATER SYD’S GRANDMOTHER TOOK OVER THE HOME AFTER YEARS OF BEING THE CARETAKER OF LILLIE.

THIS HOME IS ALSO WHERE THE TRACK 'STARGAZER' WAS BORN. IRONICALLY, SYD'S BIRTHDAY IS OCTOBER 3RD ( 10/ 3 ) AND THE STREET NUMBER TO THIS HOME IS 103. AFTER SYD DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ANGEL NUMBER, SHE CONCLUDED THAT IS WAS NO COINCIDENCE THAT BEING BACK IN THIS HOME WAS WHERE SHE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE AT THAT TIME. SHE THEN GOES ON TO MENTION THE SPIRITUAL ALIGNMENT IN THE SECOND VERSE OF HER SONG 'STARGAZER' ON HER ALBUM 'VISIONS FROM THE VILLE' .

THIS APARTMENT WAS THE LAST PLACE SYD AND HER FAMILY ALL LIVED TOGETHER. THE DAY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING STARTED AS A NORMAL DAY, SYD WAS 15 YEARS OLD, IRONING HER WARM UPS FOR A BASKETBALL GAME ON A SATURDAY MORNING, WHEN THE POLICE STORMED INSIDE SEARCHING FOR DRUGS.

AFTER THIS TRAGIC EVENT SYD'S MOM AND YOUNGEST SISTER, HAYLEY, MOVED AWAY. MEANWHILE, SYD AND HER SISTER LYNDSEY STAYED IN CARTERSVILLE WITH THEIR GRANDMOTHER.

THIS APARTMENT HAS LEFT GOOD AND BAD MEMORIES FOR SYD. SHE RECALLS WITNESSING HER MOM BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS ON MANY OCCASIONS AND NOT KNOWING THE IMPACT THE DRUGS WOULD HAVE ON HER PERSONALLY ON ANY GIVEN DAY.

STORM CENTER IS THE BASKETBALL GYM FOR CARTERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SYD PLAYED VARSITY BASKETBALL ALL FOUR YEARS. EVERYONE KNEW SYD BECAUSE OF HER LOVE OF THE SPORT BUT SHE HAD OTHER PLANS WHICH WAS MUSIC. SO AFTER FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL, SYD WENT AFTER HER PASSION FOR MUSIC.

THIS PLAZA IS A ICONIC LOCATION IN THE SUMMER HILL COMMUNITY OF CARTERSVILLE, GA. THE STORE ON THE FAR LEFT WAS ONCE NAMED "THE URBAN CONNECTION" RAN BY A GUY NAMED NATE. EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY LATER NICKNAMED THE STORE "NATE'S" . NATE'S WAS A STORE WHERE YOU COULD BUY SNACKS, MIXTAPES, KNOCK OFF JORDAN'S AND MORE.

AT THE AGE OF 12 SYD BOUGHT HER FIRST INSTRUMENTAL TAPE FROM NATE'S AND HAS BEEN WRITNG MUSIC EVER SINCE.

AFTER NATE CLOSED DOWN, THE SPACE REMAINED EMPTY FOR YEARS UNTIL RECENTLY IT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY NEW OWNERS AND RESTORED.

TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY STRONG A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF BRANDON MCCOY, AKA “STRIP”, TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE OLD NATE’S LOCATION AND RENAMED IT "EXIT 288". IRONICALLY, GROWING UP BRANDON SPENT ALOT OF TIME AT NATE’S PROMOTING HIS MUSIC BUT NOW HE WELCOMES THE COMMUNITY WITH A FRESH NEW LOOK AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.

A SCENE FROM SYD’S MUSIC VIDEO “VISONS FROM THE VILLE” SHOWS HER TOASTING WITH OTHER VISIONARIES THAT ARE NATIVES OF CARTERSVILLE AS THEY MAKE A TOAST TO MORE PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

SYD IS SEEN HERE DURING HER VIDEO SHOOT FOR HER SONG “VISIONS FROM THE VILLE” FEATURING HASHTAG BARS UNDER THE MARQUEE SIGN DOWNTOWN CARTERSVILLE.