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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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Adrian Adonis, Mr. Wonderful and Piper's Pit

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 14 2009, 2:46 PM ET Comment

Man I don't know who had better handles--wrestlers or rappers. I think you gotta give it to the wrestlers. S.T. "Special Delivery" Jones. The Fabulous Freebirds. Jerry "The King" Lawler. Kamala The Ugandan Giant. Abdul The Butcher. Dr. Death Steve Williams. The Iron Sheik.

RIP Captain Lou Albano. The news sent me trolling through the archives. Came across this gem from the old days. Dudes around the way used to say the WWF was fake, and NWA was real. Heh.



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