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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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Ta-Nehisi is getting into The French Kicks

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 22 2008, 8:52 AM ET Comment

Swimming is pretty good. Anyway, it's time for another music thread. What are we listening to folks?

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