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Losing My Cool by Thomas Chatterton Williams

Losing My Cool

How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture

by Thomas Chatterton Williams
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  • Apr 29, 2010, 240 pages
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  • Apr 2011, 240 pages
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  A Beginner's Guide to Hip-hop

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