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Each week we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy.

And each week you tell us if we got it right.

My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith and this is The Aftermath.

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into this episode of The Aftermath.

Today we're speaking with guest expert Jonathan Abrams.

Jonathan is a staff writer at The New York Times, his latest book, The Come Up,

an oral history of the rise of hip hop publishes this month.

Let's hear what he has to say about Malice at The Palace.

Jonathan, thank you so much for joining us today.

Rebecca, how are you?

I'm great. So we've been, we read your article of the oral history of Malice at The Palace.

And it was a fantastic source for us covering this topic.

So we're excited to talk to you about it.

Were you at The Palace when the fighting ensued or what brought you to write this article

in 2012, which was eight years after the event?

I was not. I was in college at the time and I was just beginning my journalism career.

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