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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.

Doom Sing Soprano...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sep 14 2009, 10:00 AM ET Comment

A lot of Doom fans have been asking what I thought of the now not-so-new album, Born Like This. I couldn't really say much, because I was working on a feature. Unfortunately, it's behind the curtain. Pick it up if you get the chance.

I think Doom is the last hip-hop artists I'll be following. Something about that Kanye West outburst yesterday said so much. That was really sad to see. She looked like she was genuinely happy.


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