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Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
jokes. {Courtesy Brad Jordan.}
Brad "Scarface" Jordan • Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
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Glover was a far more promising prospect in Hollywood, and so Childish Gambino was a much riskier and much more interesting pivot. Glover didn’t turn to hip-hop to become cool. He turned to hip-hop to reveal how deeply uncool he was. He was enigmatic. He was provocative. He was a righteous loser who modeled youthful suburban rebellion on hypermoder... See more
Justin Charity • What Was Childish Gambino?
James Foreman
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It was not the politics most Black Americans wanted of Jordan, especially not when, right outside of where he balled in Chicago, housing projects ate away at the lives of the descendants of migrants; especially not when in his home state Harvey Gantt, a Black man, lost in senate races to Jesse Helms, a former Klansman, twice. When appealed to for a
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
JT is still more famous, but when he visits Silicon Valley, people ask if he’s Sean Parker.