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I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.

Nikki Giovanni

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Nikki Giovanni
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 7
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Knoxville
Tennessee
Yolande Cornelia Giovanni
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People
Hops
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Generations
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