This document provides background information on the ATL Twins, Sidney and Thurman Sewell, through summaries of various articles and videos. It describes their childhood growing up in poverty in Tennessee, witnessing their father's death at a young age. It notes their inseparable relationship and codependency, having never been apart for more than 6 hours. It also discusses their double lives, working as paralegals during the day while pursuing fame in the fashion and music industries at night. The document provides context on their upbringing and personalities from first-hand interviews with the twins.

1. Research on The ATL Twins
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2. ManRepeller.com “Who are the ATL Twins?” September
11th 2013 http://www.manrepeller.com/minor_cogitations/who-are-the-atl-twins.html
Summary- This article is one by the fashion blogging site ManRepeller.com discussing
who they are and where they have come from in the wake of them appearing with the likes
of Cara Delevigne, Rihanna and Justin Bieber during Fashion Week.
Notes- Rihanna, James Franco, Spring
Breakers, A$AP Rocky Justin Bieber, 2013
Fashion Week, Vice, Paralegals, Real names
Sidney and Thurman Sewell.
Comments board at bottom of article
could be useful.

3. purple.fr “ATL Twins six hours of separation”, Purple Fashion
Magazine, issue 18 2012 http://purple.fr/magazine/f-w-2012-issue-18/336
Summary- This article is one from
the fashion magazine Purple that goes
alongside a photo shoot of the twins by
Terry Richardson.
Notes- Terry Richardson,
Chattanooga (where they grew up),
Harmony Korine’s opinion of them, 6
hours longest time they have been
apart,

4. papermag.com “A Guide to the ATL Twins” March 21st
2013. http://www.papermag.com/2013/03/a_guide_to_the_atl_twins.php
Summary-Another article
discussing who the twins are and
where they came from. Reels off
facts about them and a few quotes
from them.
Notes-Will Arnett (comparison
drawn), Mirror Twins, Their Tattoos,

5. dazeddigital.com, “The ATL Twins are back”, 30th October 2014,
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22341/1/the-atl-twins-are-back

6. Vice’s YouTube Channel- “Meet The ATL Twins” (3 videos
published between March 7th and March 21st 2013.
Video 1- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOTRVMVaD4c
Video 2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olzrG-3vWIQ
Video 3- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUbF94x2NZo
Summary- These videos go into depth
interviews with the twins about their childhood,
rise to fame and double lives working as
paralegals. Gives an insight into the intriguing,
fascinating lives they lead due to the unique
closeness they share.

7. ATL Twins VS Nardwaur, July 2nd 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUpN-j5sfyc
Their favorite song= Suicidal
Tendencies- Trip at the Brain ( they
say this at 2:50 of video)
This video will be good for
Fanzine info!

9. Their Relationships with others and each other.
“They're just humble dudes man..”- Lil Wyte,
4:26, Video 1
“The twins are two of the realest
motherfuckers I’ve ever met in my fucking life”-
Lil Wyte, 4:34, Video 1
“We feel very blessed to be a twin, like, to be
twins. You know what I mean? and just have
each other because, at the end of the day
everybody can go fuck themselves we have
each other”- Sidney Sewell, 4:54, Video 1
“People ask the question like, well, what would
it be like if one of you died? well I would die
too ‘cause I’d go jump off the balcony. you
know?”- Sidney Sewell
“Seriously it’d have to be like that” Thurman
Sewell,
“Like its not an option man, there's no way we
could live without each other” Sidney Sewell,
5:16, Video 1
“If we get two girls in the mix it fucks things up
to be honest with you. So we prefer like girls to
just be one girl” Sidney Sewell, 6:15, Video 1
“What I think it comes down to, is that people
are jealous that you two are banging a bunch of
chicks”- Chris Neiratko, 5:47, Video 1
“Personally I couldn’t see myself dating two
brothers but, you know? I guess if I were gunna
do that I’d want them to be as cool as the
fucking ATL twins”- Ms. Wyte, 6:02, Video 1
“Nobody ever will understand what its really
like to be how we are, just like we’ll never
understand what its like for you to be alone”-
Sidney Sewell, 5:05, Video 1
“I’ve had some twin people that hit us up like
“yo we’re like you guys” n’ I’m like no, no you’re
not. You know what I mean? you’re just not.”
Thurman Sewell, 0:00, Video 2
Seems like many people dislike the twins, but these people do seem
to be people who have never met them. People that know and have
met them all seem to like them.
Women all say they wouldn’t have sex with two brothers but it seems
a lot do.
With each other they are inseparable, if one died the other would
commit suicide and the longest they have ever spent apart is 6 hours.
(one was arrested for drink driving, took the other 6 hours to get
together bail money)

10. Their childhood.
“I don’t know how other people may perceive it,
but, the way we grew up there and where we grew
up at was fucking gnarly” Sidney Sewell, 0:38,
Video 2
“It’s really a ghetto ass little fucking town”
Thurman Sewell, 0:44, Video 2
talking about
Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
Where they
grew up. “Any one of these streets right here you turn down
at the wrong time of day, will get you killed. Or it
might get you laid!”, Chris Scoggins (Skateboarder
+ Friend), 1:00, Video 2
“We grew up super on like poverty”, Sidney
Sewell,1:37, Video 2
“Our parents, the way they raised us they told us
everything”, Sidney Sewell, 1:47, Video 2
“We watched R rated movies when we were 5
years old”, Thurman Sewell, 1:50, Video 2
“So you look at that as a good thing?”- Chris
Neiratko
“Yeah, cos we got brought up to see life how it
really is”, Sidney Sewell, 1:52, Video 2
“We watched our dad die”, Thurman
Sewell, 3:24, Video 2
“Then our aunt called like an hour later
like, “yeah… your dads dead”, Thurman
Sewell, 4:00, Video 2
“When our dad died we were forced to
move to Knoxville Tennessee, another shit
hole!”, Thurman Sewell, 4:18, Video 2
“You guys only graduated 8th grade?”, Chris
Neiratko, 1:40, Video 3
Their childhood wasn’t the best, brought up in a ghetto,
used to hang around with hookers, lost virginity at 13 at the
same time to the same 20 something year old hooker,
mother left them with their disabled dad at a young age
and a short while after he died and then they were forced
to move to another ghetto town- Knoxville, were brought
up watching R rated movies from a young age.
Many people think their upbringing accounts for how they
treat women (either badly if that’s what they believe but
many people also think they may crave female affection
after their mother leaving) and the fact that they are never
apart, to the point it seems the thought of being apart
scares them.

11. Their alter-ego’s
Live like Jekyll and Hyde double lives, working
as paralegals by day and party mad, crazy
fashion fame hungry gangsters by night.
Directed their sister who had a case
towards their friend ho had a law
company, from this their friend made
$10,000. Few days later he called them,
told them to quit their jobs and hired
them.
Contrary to what people
may think, they work very
hard and work around 60
hours a week.
They hate the fact they
have to go back to working
after doing the amazing
things they have gotten to
do like spring breakers.
Work as insurance lawyers