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The Devil and Dave Chappelle: And Other Essays

by William Jelani Cobb · 2007

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An unflinching collection of essays that takes on the subjects of Biggie Smalls, Three 6 Mafia, The King Family, and what it takes to be black at the turn of the twenty-first century.

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