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Her son was killed by a bullet in Chicago. Now, his memory lives on in song.


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Justin Perry was a writer. A rapper. A music fan who appreciated all genres. He was a parent to a young daughter. And, his mother’s only son. But, when he died in 2021 in a shooting just outside Chicago when he was 28 years old, Justin Perry was reduced to one paragraph in a newspaper story about local gun violence.Now, his mother, the coolly calm and confident Racquel Perry is bringing her son’s vibrancy back to life … in a song.HOST: LANE

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