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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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A funny quote on a sad day

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Aug 11 2008, 1:03 PM ET Comment

Commenter Marc P on the death of Isaac Hayes:

Loved those albums, thought he was great on South Park but the scientology thing always freaked me out. I had always hoped that he was doing it to get some hot, alien infested scientology babes like some smooth soul singing Captain Kirk. The look, of love, it's in, your pseudopods...


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