{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:35528","categories":[{"slug":"music","__typename":"Category"}],"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleParagraphContent","subtype":null,"idAttr":"","innerHtml":"Heh. The theme music for all ghetto nerds coming up in the 80s and 90s..."},{"__typename":"ArticleLegacyHtml","tagName":"FIGURE","idAttr":"","className":"c-embedded-video","style":"","innerHtml":"

"}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Culture","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/","slug":"culture"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:1298","displayName":"Ta-Nehisi Coates","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ta-nehisi-coates/","biography":{"default":"Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Water Dancer, and Between the World and Me, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"ta-nehisi-coates"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/02/-i-wasnt-scared-just-real-nervous/35528/","title":"\"I Wasn't Scared Just Real Nervous...\"","seoTitle":"\"I Wasn't Scared Just Real Nervous...\"","dateModified":"2010-02-17T19:59:19Z","datePublished":"2010-02-08T18:00:00Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Culture","__typename":"Channel","slug":"culture"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"\"I Wasn't Scared Just Real Nervous...\"","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/35528/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/02/-i-wasnt-scared-just-real-nervous/35528/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"culture","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["ghetto nerds","theme music","90s","80s"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"-i-wasnt-scared-just-real-nervous","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","neg_fx","gt_negative_fear","gt_negative","neg_mastercard_2","neg_mastercard_keyword-exclusion","gs_entertain_music","gs_event_music_festival","gt_positive_pleasure","gs_entertain","gb_safe","pos_alcohol","pos_chasemarriott","pos_citibank","pos_creditcard","pos_disasters","pos_diseases","pos_disney_fxfargo","pos_ey","pos_facebook_safety","pos_hermes","pos_ibm","pos_jpmc","pos_mobkoi","pos_septembereleven","an_bankofamerica_negative","an_facebook_safe","an_fidelity_safe","an_jpmc_safe","an_ms_safe","an_volvo_safe","ap_alfaromeo_safe","ap_bankofamerica_safe","ap_citi_banking_safe","ap_citi_hurricanes","ap_citi_injury","ap_citi_naacp_safe","ap_citi_sex_safe","ap_citi_transportation_safe","ap_facebook_infeed_safe","ap_facebook_safe","ap_fidelity_safe","ap_gwp","ap_jpmc_safe","ap_ms_safe","ap_netflix_israeli_safe","ap_texas_shooting_safe","ap_volvo_safe","general_safe_gv"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

Sections

The Print Edition