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Michael A. Namikas

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I spent the first eighteen years of my life in a suburb of Los Angeles, California. Thanks to my open-minded mother, I was exposed to De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising, Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, 2Pac’s Me Against the World, and other hip hop classics early on in my adolescence. After graduating from high school, I moved to New York City, where I studied history before becoming an attorney. After twelve years in the Big Apple, I moved back to Southern California, where I currently live with my wife and dog.

Hip hop has been an important part of my life for over thirty years. I was the editor of Ronald “Riskie” Brent’s artistic autobiography, Art is My Life – The Streets, Tupac, Death Row Records, and Now, and am the author of The Tupac Encyclo ...more

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	The Tupac Encyclopedia, Volume 1 by Michael A. Namikas (Goodreads Author), Eugene Namikas (Illustrator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riskie Forever - From the Streets to the Industry - My Life and Art on Death Row Records by Ronald "Riskie" Brent, Michael A. Namikas (Goodreads Author) (Co-Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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