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At Harvard and MIT, The Genius meets the geniuses

Intellect rules for hip-hop star, who keeps the teachers well on their toes

GZA - a.k.a. “The Genius,’’ a.k.a. Gary Grice, founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan - is known for an omnivorous intellect and complex lyrics that reference astronomy, philosophy, and obscure chess moves. He was in town this week to lecture at the Harvard University Black Men’s Forum. But first, he wanted to drop some science. Specifically, oceanography. And biology. And physics. So he went on tour at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, learning.

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We need more black men to be experts in engineering and science and fewer experts in their ancestors victimhood. Anything that produces more black engineers and scientists, I am for.

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HHKitchener2

Piffle meets drivel.

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