First Slice 8-7-17: Local rapper Yung Mazi is gunned down

TRIBUTE: The late Yung MaziCourtesy of YouTubeRIP: Local rapper Yung Mazi was reportedly shot and killed last night outside of Urban Pie in Kirkwood.

Sports things: Usain Bolt, formerly the fastest human in the world, finished third during yesterday’s 100-meter world championship race. He lost to a guy who’d previously been banned twice, and an Atlanta native named Christian Coleman.

A new survey found that Georgia is the 6^th worst state in the country for health care coverage, based on accessibility, cost and outcome. Meanwhile, if the federal government intentionally lets the Affordable Care Act fail by not reimbursing Grady Hospital for help it provides to Medicaid patients, it could lose more than $10 million next year.

The nominations for the second annual ArtsATL Luminary Awards, which honors folks and organizations committed to cultivating the city’s bomb arts community, are now open.

Pay attention to the crazies: Because North Korea keeps tooling away on scary AF intercontinental ballistic missiles, the United Nations voted to impose new sanctions on the country. Pissed, North Korea has vowed “thousands-fold” revenge against the U.S.