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Nas, Tupac, Common … these rappers taught this white British girl living in a small village about the ways of world. No really, I learned (and sang along to) every word of Lauryn Hill’s”Miseducation” album at the age of 13. Embarrassing confessions aside, this is why I was so happy to see this incredibly innovative…

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