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Jimi Hendrix: Leader In The Ghetto
Having a role model can help you get through life. Jimi Hendrix grew up in the ghetto. His mother left his family when he was 10. Jimi Hendrix is the best guitarist ever and a good role model to look up to.
Jimi Hendrix's mother was 17 when she gave birth to him in the year 1942. Jimi Hendrix as a child was often in the care of relatives and even acquaintances. His mother had a bad relationship with his father and eventually left the family. Hendrix taught himself how to play guitar at 16 with strong encouragement from his dad. After getting caught joy riding in a stolen vehicle at 17 he chose the army over jail. While in the army, he made his first band, The King Casuals. Hendrix was discharged due to injury a year later.
After leaving the

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