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A teenage runaway who happened to be possessed of genius.

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His antihero, Pechorin, would kill on reality TV.

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Bridging irrecon­cilable ideas was the matrix of his art.

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It’s like that, y’all. And you don’t stop.

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Franklin Bruno on hip hop’s dance crew The Lockers

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Roy Christopher on Ice-T’s “The Coldest Rap” (1983)

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Colleen Werthmann on Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit” (1983)

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Cosmo Baker on Run DMC’s “Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)” (1983/1985)

By: Brian Berger

Brian Berger on Grandmaster & Melle Mel’s “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” (1983)

By: Nate Patrin

Nate Patrin on Afrika Bambaataa’s “Death Mix Live, Pt. 2” (1980/1983)

By: Phil Freeman

Phil Freeman on Malcolm X with Keith LeBlanc’s “No Sell Out” (1983)

By: Joshua Glenn

Joshua Glenn on Wuf Ticket’s “Ya Mama” (1982)