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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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Get him a body-bag, Johnny

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nov 12 2008, 12:39 PM ET Comment

Will Smith's kid is doing a remake of the Karate Kid. Sam Jack is trying to play Sho-Nuff in a remake of the Karate Kid. I have issues with the latter, not so much the former. Busta Rhymes needs to play Sho'Nuff. That said, any day I can post video of Mr. Belding, Daniel-san, and the Cobra Kai is a good day. Also, who would be Mr. Myagi? Bruce Leroy?

UPDATE: Incidentally, there is some cool poetry here--"I was a super-hero, king of 1985\I showed no mercy, I was always Cobra-Kai\But I caught a Crane-Kick to the face..."



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