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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Way Gone Wednesdays: R.A. The Rugged Man

DateWednesday, April 6, 2011 at 8:53AM

R.A.  is a rapper's rapper.  True skill and grit.  The son of Staff Sgt. John A. Thorburn (who died last year) - he wrote a touching tribute to his father who was a Vietnam Veteran exposed to Agent Orange. R.A.'s family was significantly affected by the potent chemical. His brother Maxx was born handicapped and blind, eventually dying at the age of 10. R.A's sister, Dee Ann, was born without the ability to walk or speak. She died in 2007 at the age of 27.  Real shit right here.

 

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