John Wells wrestles with grief, loss, and the algorithm
John Wells is a Baltimore rapper whose music is built from the people, places, and experiences that have stayed with him. His story starts in Baltimore, around Echodale off Belair Road, but he was largely raised out in Essex and Middle River. To him, the distance between those places never felt especially far. The county, […]
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