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Bittersweet Poetry: Revisiting Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ and the Class of 2020

Bittersweet Poetry: Revisiting Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ and the Class of 2020

by NMAAM | May 22, 2020 | Blog

Some American high school and college seniors sonically associate graduation season with Vitamin C’s 1999 hit song “Graduation (Friends Forever),” but for many Black graduates, Kanye West’s GRAMMY Award-winning 2007 LP Graduation holds greater salience. Graduation...

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