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Behind the Scene: Watch Linqua Franqa Build a Gingerbread House, Talk Christmas Music


To kick off our reboot of Flagpole‘s Athens-music video series Behind the Scene, we invited hip-hop phenom and newly elected Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Mariah Parker, aka Linqua Franqa, to join us for a very special holiday episode. 

Watch and enjoy as Parker and Flagpole intern Rosemary Scott semi-successfully attempt to build gingerbread houses while chatting about Christmas music, local political dynamics, favorite rappers and much more:

Video by Savannah Cole

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