Nostalgia Will Always Lie to You

Editor’s Note: The Following is an abridged version of a story written as part of a collaboration with the Globe and Mail. The story originally appeared on September 18, 2015.

I moved to Dawes Road in 1992 in the wintertime.

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When I was around 14 I started rapping here. A friend of mine inspired me. I spent a lot of time with others in the ‘cypher’ – the rap circle.

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I’m well guarded with those good memories, but things were never all good here.

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Nostalgia will always lie to you.

Thanks to Ian for sharing his story. Check out his new album, T.O. Noire!

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