Barnes, Leslie and Crash catch up with The Morning X’s “official man on the street reporter,” Hood Anchor Ye, Atlanta’s most unpredictable and fastest-moving field reporter.
Hood joins the show to share:
- How he got to a crime scene before the police even realized which house was involved
- Why he wore a robe to breakfast with Barnes (he came straight from a live report)
- How he manages risk (he doesn’t want security: “I watch my own a**”)
- How he creatively weaves Magic City into nearly every news update
- The real story behind that downtown Atlanta explosion (a blown transformer under a manhole)
The guy’s raw, real, and building an empire—from lottery announcements to weather updates to YouTube content.
They also discuss:
- Texting during explosions (yes, that’s a legit alibi now)
- How Hood spins up stories before local outlets can even deploy a crew
- The Morning X gifting him a branded mug (still waiting to see it on camera)
Hood Anchor Ye is exactly the kind of reporter Atlanta didn’t know it needed.