And That's a Rap
How I came to hip-hop journalism, and why I eventually left.
By Rachel Swan @rachelswan
There's a saying that one person's sense of rootedness is another's ball and chain. I didn't fully understand that until a few months ago, when, after seven years of covering an arts beat at a local newspaper, I decided it was time…
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