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Tammara Tillman Interview Part 1, Clip 2

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Tammara Tillman
Date: Time Period: 1971-1992; 2017-04-08; Interview recorded: April 8 2017 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:58
Creator: Tammara Tillman interviewed by Tabetha Karydas Identifier: aql:24481 Tammara_Tillman_Clip2

Description: Tammara talks about being a natural freestyle rapper. She talks about her cousin Junior and how he would sneak her out of the group home to go MC in Queens. Her counselors were not fully aware of her talent. She discusses one of her performances and her strained relationship with her mother. Tammara continues to talk about being a female MC and having a crew. She also mentions getting accepted at Glover Cleveland High School and rapping on the bus to school.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:24487

Creator : Tammara Tillman interviewed by Tabetha Karydas

Date : Time Period: 1971-1992; 2017-04-08; Interview recorded: April 8 2017

Summary/Description : Tammara talks about being a natural freestyle rapper. She talks about her cousin Junior and how he would sneak her out of the group home to go MC in Queens. Her counselors were not fully aware of her talent. She discusses one of her performances and her strained relationship with her mother. Tammara continues to talk about being a female MC and having a crew. She also mentions getting accepted at Glover Cleveland High School and rapping on the bus to school.

Subject : Disc jockeys; Rap musicians

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Queens, NY Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder.; Total running time: 0:04:58

Identifier : aql:24481 Tammara_Tillman_Clip2

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