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The Thinking Man’s Rapper
In a rare interview, Touré talks with Black Thought—front man for The Roots and the new house MC of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon—about what Chuck D. taught him about race, why rapping is like jumping rope, and the reasons behind his rhymes.
Touré
Published
Mar. 6 2009
1:08AM EST
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