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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.

The Apology

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sep 15 2009, 9:00 AM ET Comment

Kanye tries to walk it back. Jozen Cummings notes that Kanye picked his target. One thing that strikes me about the whole deal is the shocking immaturity of it all. Call me judgmental--it just seems like at 32 you should be past upstaging people who are barely out high school.

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