Meet The Former Pro Basketball Player Whose Art-Based Community Organization Caught the Attention of Lil Baby and Foot Locker

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By Jasmine Browley ·Updated November 11, 2021

When Arelious Cooper, Jr. took a jog around the Stone Mountain trail last year, the Atlanta native didn’t expect his life to change. 

“An older woman was also on the trail and we struck up a conversation about the history of the mountain and its carvings on the side,” he said. “I was livid with what I saw.” 

Those carvings he’s referring to depict Confederate Gens. Stonewall Jackson and Robert

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