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From Wikipedia:
"The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread. Their name is taken from a poem by the South African revolutionary poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, who believed he was in the last era of poetry before guns would take over."Here is a nice overview of the Poets as well as their influence on hip-hop culture... I was turned onto the Poets 15 or so years ago via ... MORE







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