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We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.

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Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that’s opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.

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I fall in love with Paraíso. It’s like a giant playground where I’m never scolded for running around recklessly, where I’m almost overwhelmed with the...more

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You are meant to be, despite how you got here; you’ll see someday.

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Hip-hop is storytelling.

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This is what I know about my parents. They spent the next several years trying to forget each other, and me.