‘The Prince of Chocolate City’: When Gil Scott-Heron Became A Music Icon

 An excerpt from Marcus Baram’s biography, Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man, which chronicles the legend’s rise to musical prominence in the ‘70s.

Marcus Baram

Published Nov. 15 2014 6:45AM EST 

Marcus Baram

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