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Apr 2018
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Calvin "Klein" Bacote

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Maryland - 1989, a police patrol pulls a car over. Inside it, are 2 young men risking a 40-year prison sentence for some very nasty business. One of them is a young rapper called Shawn Carter, the other, Calvin Bacote, a big shot from Brooklyn who decides to take the blame for the whole mess. Calvin’s decision will change the fate of the future Jay Z.

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