Remembering Kobe Now Means Remembering All of Him

A year later, it’s time to contend with the man’s whole self — his growth and wrongs in equal measure

Tirhakah Love
LEVEL
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8 min readJan 26, 2021

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Tirhakah Love
LEVEL
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African from Texas• Staff Writer at LEVEL • Black politics, Celebrity interviews, TV & Film Criticism • Previously: MTV News, San Francisco Chronicle