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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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To be the man...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 20 2008, 12:01 AM ET Comment

The wrestling thread below got me thinking about the awesomeness of Ric Flair, arguably the greatest super-villain of my childhood. Yep he's got Magneto and the Hobgoblin beat--only North and Pulaski comes close. Some choice Youtubes of "The Man." Seriously though, can't you see the line between these dudes and like the cats in your neighborhood who talked trash? Who is Jay-Z but a Ric Flair remix? Listen to this kid. He's sick with the word-play.












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