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Rapper Noname Boosts Campaign to Preserve Nina Simone's Childhood Home

Rapper Noname Boosts Campaign to Preserve Nina Simone's Childhood Home

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Jul 05, 2019
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Rapper Noname Boosts Campaign to Preserve Nina Simone's Childhood Home
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Noname (Fatimah Warner) performing at Phoenix Concert Theatre. (Nyaomi for The Come Up Show/Flickr)

Rapper and record producer Noname wants to preserve the childhood home of legendary jazz singer Nina Simone and she’s hoping others will join in. The contemporary poet shared a campaign to restore the small, abandoned home in Tryon, North Carolina.

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