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Friday, December 5, 2008

Music news Air Loaf: Jax

Posted by Alicia Wages on Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 5:00 PM

Today’s Air Loaf features Max Arbes and CL's Rodney Carmichael talking about Christopher "Jax" Thurston of Atlanta's legendary underground hip-hop crew Binkis Recs. Jax collapsed onstage at Lenny's on Nov. 4 and was later pronounced dead at Grady Hospital.

Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.

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(Illustration by Shawn "H2O" Bailey)

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Music news Air Loaf: Jax

Posted by Alicia Wages on Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 5:00 PM

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