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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

Ghostface Speaks On His Cameo In Ironman

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Apr 11 2008, 2:29 PM ET Comment

Peace to CeezDiem for the link. Ghost is one of my all-time favorites. Sometimes his women issues get the best of him and he becomes too extreme for the kid. But he was a HUGE influence on the writing style of my book. I just give him props for the line, "Yo, who goes there?" in "Shakey Dog." Classic.



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