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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.

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me Baby

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Mar 18 2010, 10:23 AM ET Comment

I tried to push the Wild Beasts here before, and got very little love. Whatever. I'm gonna keep pushing. This is one of my favorites from 2009.




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