The local rap legend Spec One…

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…has this to say on Facebook about the current state of Cap Hill:

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Now is that real talk? Is that even fair? And what exactly separates us from them—the B&T types? And if it is so, why is it a bad thing? Maybe Specs is not saying it’s a bad thing. Maybe he is just making an observation, pure and simple.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...