R.I.P. Guru.

Gene "G.D." Demby is the founder and editor of PostBourgie. In his day job, he blogs and reports on race and ethnicity for NPR's Code Switch team.

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I know, I know. Guru wasn’t one of the nicest MCs of his era. And the real star of Gang Starr was Primo. And, for real, we hadn’t heard anything from Guru for a minute.

But on the real, “Manifest” was one of those videos that altered the course of my young life. I started digging into Malcolm and the NOI like, as sooooooon as the video went off the air.

At a minimum, that song got me reading about something. And there’s not too many songs that I can say that about in my life. For whatever that’s worth.

RIP, Guru. And long live Primo.
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Above the crowds above the clouds
where the sounds are original
infinite skills create miracles
warrior spiritual
Above the clouds raining down
Holdin’ it down

– Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal
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Lemonade was a popular drink,/and it still is. — Guru

[…Hip hop, hip hop…]
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“And if rap was my house, you could sleep in the yard.”