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FIGHTING FOR MU
MR. & M
MARCUS WELLE
KRYSTIA ROYES KORI BUNDI
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hen the email first came into the office about Mr. and Mrs., I wasn’t interested. I thought I was going to experience yet another ‘gimmick’ to get attention, and couldn’t really see the concept of a Husband and Wife team rapping, working. I was wrong. Nadirah X, originally from Jamaica and now residing in Los Angeles, with her Husband Jonathan ‘Swish’ Whitfield who by the way was born and raised in Mississippi, made for interesting reading as I researched their background. My eyes immediately jumped when I saw a line in their bio which stated Swish studied Baroque as well as Jazz, Blues and other genres of music. Hold up. Baroque?! Now we’re talking and maybe I shouldn’t be so quick to judge. Taking off my ‘Judges’ robe (get it, as in I’m not judging!), I sat down with this Husband / Wife team whom I have grown to have immense respect for. Our dialogue went something like this….