The ATL’s Biggest D-Boy Who Took the Miami Boys to War

The ATL’s Biggest D-Boy Who Took the Miami Boys to War By 1989, Calvin “Cowpack” Battle was dead, leaving West End with another body tied to Atlanta’s worsening drug violence. Around Harris Homes, people connected his killing to the retaliation cycle involving Miami-linked shooters, while street talk pushed an even sharper claim. Some said Miami Boys hitmen had finally reached the local dealer who refused to give up his turf, although that story was never cleanly documented. What made his death matter was everything that happened before it, when Atlanta money, Miami cocaine, armed crews, and neighborhood pride started crashing into each other.