Vanessa Satten

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Interview Vanessa Satten
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2014 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now...

I think I was meant to be the member of a hip-hop crew. See, I’m a team player, I pick sides, I’m ride or die, and I’ll take on my buddy’s beef, holding grudges until the end of time. Those were some of the qualities I always loved abou…

Forty years of hip-hop is truly amazing. It’s hard to believe it’s really been that long. Sure, the game has changed tremendously since it was birthed in the Bronx in 1973. But it’s cool to see how hip-hop is now old enough for fathers and sons to talk…

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Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the September 2013 issue of XXL Magazine.
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