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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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I try to not do this sort of thing

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Sep 9 2008, 3:19 PM ET Comment

But come on. This is just a lie.

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