Killer Mike and 2 Chainz appeared at an Atlanta City Council meeting on Monday (Aug. 1) to speak out against a proposed "public nuisance" ordinance, Billboard reports. The rappers say that the ordinance will have a negative impact on local Black-owned businesses and nightclubs.

In a video posted of the appearance, 2 Chainz, who owns two restaurants — Escobar located in the Castleberry Hill area next to other popular Black-owned businesses, as well as Escobar Seafood, said his businesses have allowed him to be "blessing" to others. He also pointed out that crime is up everywhere, not just in Atlanta.

“I’m very blessed and I also like to be a blessing to others, and that’s what my businesses have allowed me to do,” he said. “They need to retract some of the things they have on the ordinance. And I think crime is up everywhere, not just in Atlanta."

Mike, who's been heavily involved in local Atlanta politics for years, sitting on former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottom's advisory team, and appearing at school board meetings, also had a lot to say about the ordinance. He appeared at a council meeting on May 10 and said that “it doesn’t seem like we’ve gotten much done” since then. He said that as Atlanta continues to grow, "corporations are going to be coming into here.” He suggested the city has a choice— support large corporate dollars or locally owned businesses.

“It’s gonna be the owners of Hard Rock [Cafe] or the owners of Hooters or the owners of a W Hotel, or it’s gonna be the little people that went to Frederick Douglas [high school]… and Southwest DeKalb, and schools like that," Mike suggested.

Atlanta has ranked high on the list of fastest gentrifying cities for years (it was at #4 in 2019), an alarm bell Black business owners and cultural stalwarts have been ringing loudly for years now. “Are we going to keep Atlanta a place where local people can grow and thrive here?” Mike asked, arguing that the ordinance would “wipe out opportunity” for small minority-owned businesses.

Mayor Andre Dickens, who mostly had the support of Atlanta's entertainment and arts community during his election run, introduced the bill back in April. Check out some of the meeting below.