I had a crush on Lauryn Hill. I mean, L-Boogie. That's the girl I met in a conference room at Columbia Records back in late 1993. Truth be told, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. My dream ego trip wasn't yet a reality so when I was asked to do an intv for David Paul's The Bomb magazine (It was a popular Bay Area rap zine and YN was one of the few east coast heads allowed to have a byline or two) on a "Public Enemy-like political trio" called the Fugees Tranzlator Crew—my broke ass jumped ...
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