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grady baby
What does grady baby mean?
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."
Origin
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.
Frequently asked questions
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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