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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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From The Day I Was Born And Given Life...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 17 2009, 11:00 AM ET Comment

Woke up this morning banging Black Uhuru. Man these cats got me through high school. Back when I used to rock the Bob Marley, Uprising tee-shirt, and those pitiful baby-dreads. Michael Rose has the sickest voice. I was always a roots sorta dude. Everybody went to dance-hall, though. But what Mike say? It's a time for every style...





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