When Your Neighbors Think You’re Moving Weight

People don’t see a teacher on a summer-break schedule — they see someone who’s around at strange hours and up to no good

Matthew R. Morris
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4 min readAug 21, 2019

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J. Cole. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

J.J. Cole is a millionaire many times over, but despite fame and fortune, his neighbors still made him feel like a criminal. His song “Neighbors,” he has said, was inspired by a real-life

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Matthew R. Morris
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