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Posted 15:54 GMT on January 19, 2011 Comments (1)
Mos Def

In our new blog series that delves into the HUCK archives, we revisit iconic rapper Mos Def.

Says Mos Def: "As a teenager going to school, we were under constant pressure and stress. Myself and others like me in that time, and in times now, are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. You go to school with five million people on a train packed up like sardines. And you get to school and the worst gang in the city is just waiting there to just whip people's asses for fun. You know what I'm saying? It was nine o'clock in the morning.”

Check out the full interview in HUCK#016, in our Digital Archive.

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