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Michael Kiwanuka: Move on Up

Stevie Chick, MOJO, November 2016

Two years ago, in crisis, doubting his worth and dismissed by his own label. Then he started to sing about that uncertainty, and everything changed. Stevie Chick speaks to the reborn artist about Kanye, crisis, creativity and how sometimes you just have to keep going.

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