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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.
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For absolutely no reason...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jun 28 2008, 8:47 AM ET Comment

...I woke up thinking about this cat. Talk about dying young and filled with potential. Beautiful, beautiful lyricists. Out of all the MCs who've passed, I think I actually miss him the most. I loved Big L, but Pun was just nasty...

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