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Rapper Big K.R.I.T. serves rhymes caught in a time-honored tension

By Siddhartha Mitter

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 29, 2012

Big K.R.I.T., born Justin Scott, of Meridian, Miss., is the newest Southern MC to hit the big time behind songs that deliver a mixture of manic and depressive, sacred and profane. At 25, K.R.I.T. (the name stands for “King Remembered in Time”) has honed his voice through the now-standard method of releasing free-download mixtapes and a flurry of side projects and collaborations. Siddhartha Mitter talks to the MC, who comes to the Middle East Downstairs on Tuesday.

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