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John Higginbotham

I'm watching a documentary on YouTube about Hart Island in NYC. It's an island where over a million people are buried in mass Graves. They talked about a book titled "How the Other Half Lived" It's a book written over 100 years ago by Jacob Riis... I noticed that there are a few people who have republished the book on Amazon. I've heard of publishing books that are in the public domain, I need to revisit the idea..

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John Higginbotham

I just got the watching "Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. | Full Episode | A&E" on YouTube. I was on a roller coaster of emotions while watching it. There were a lot of details I wasn't aware of... and I had no idea what a positive and loving attitude he had about life.

I believe this came out in 2017 on the A&E Network. I read an article about where he grew up in Brooklyn... That his childhood home in Brooklyn was selling for $725k... But the listing made no mention that it was once home to a famous rapper. The journalist contacted the agent and she basically snubbed him... This was back in 2013....Another person that was asked about him said that noone knows him anymore and that he's not important.. I just find that very hard to believe.

I'm guessing Brooklyn has gentrified a lot, which really bothers me... People being pushed out of their homes... It just really does..

Anyway, I really enjoyed watching this.

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