Maurice Garland

Maurice Garland is a marathon-running, yoga-practicing writer who has had the same phone number and barber since 2003. He's penned impactful stories for legendary publications ranging from Billboard to Black Enterprise. In addition to being a longtime mentor at youth media organization VOX ATL, he's appeared on VH1, spoken at Spelman and Princeton, co-authored The Art Behind the Tape, edited Pimp C's autobiography and J. Prince's memoir. 

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Alumni associations in three cities use event to fund scholarships for HBCU students

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