Neighborhood
Wikipedia ties Yasiin Bey to Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A tie, not always an origin
On the map at Roosevelt Houses
Roosevelt Houses, Brooklyn: Grew up in the Roosevelt Houses, at DeKalb and Lewis Avenues.
Source: bkreader.com
Places
- Brooklyn Moon Cafe
- City As School, School
- Philippa Schuyler Middle School, School
Listen and read
Music spots
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Venue
Brooklyn Moon Cafe
1995Opened in January 1995; its Friday open-mic poetry night began a few months later. Erykah Badu and Mos Def are among the well-known names who performed and hung out there, per BK Reader.
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