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Coke La Rock was born April 24, 1955 on the east side of the Bronx between Union and Prospect Street. His grandparents had a strong hand in raising him since his single mother was busy working six days a week. At age 15, he attended high school at a night center where he met a fellow classmate
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245245 ViewsDancer Campbellock (Don Campbell) was born January 7, 1951 in Saint Louis, Missouri and raised in South Central Los Angeles. As a child, he had a strong passion for drawing and enjoyed sketching trees, insects and people’s hands and faces. Campbell eventually pursued a career in commercial art when he decided to attend LA Trade-Technical
Read More110110 ViewsArtist Jean-Michel Basquiat was born December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York to Puerto Rican mother Matilde Andrades and Haitian father Gerard. He was extraordinarily intelligent and began reading and writing by the age of four and learned to speak English, Spanish and French before turning 11. He was first exposed to art during visits
Read More6666 ViewsWest Indian Hip Hop legend Afrika Bambaataa (Kevin Donovan) was born October 4, 1957 and grew up in the South Bronx, New York. As huge lover of music, Bam collected R&B and Rock records and also played trumpet and piano while attending Adlai E. Stevenson High School. Taking the name of a nineteenth century Zulu
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