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It was a sunny day as I walked down San Pablo Avenue in Oakland. I looked around and enjoyed the scenery, because I had never been to this area of town before. As I walked by a couple of buildings, I heard loud music coming from one of them. As I got closer, I heard the sounds of kids practicing karate. I knew I was in the right place, because I knew the dance studio was also a martial arts studio. I looked up and saw the words Destinys Arts, drawn in red paint across the top of the building. I walked through two double doors that led me to the loud music I was hearing. I entered a small office where several people were on the phone. This seemed ironic to me because when I had repeatedly called the studio, the answering machine was always on. I came to the studio because I was looking for a man named Rashad, a hip hop dance teacher. I walked up to a lady and asked her if she knew Rashad. She said yes, and that he would be coming back around 6:30 pm that evening. Since it was only 4:30 pm then, I knew I did not have the time to sit and wait, so I decided to write a message for Rashad and leave it in his mailbox. I wrote out a page long letter requesting a phone interview, and left it in his mailbox. As I walked out of the studio I had a feeling of great insecurity, because I did not know if I was going to be able to interview him or not. Time was ticking away, and I was getting closer and closer to my deadline. A couple hours after returning home, I decided to call Destinys Arts again to check to see if Rashad had gotten my message. When I called, a young woman picked up the phone. I asked for Rashad and she handed him the phone. I asked him if he got my message in his mailbox that day. He said that he had and that he would be happy to be interviewed. We decided on 9:00 pm that night to conduct the interview over the phone. He gave me his home phone number and we hung up. I was so happy that I got my interview set up that I organized all my information for the interview that second, so I would be ready when I called him. At 9:00 pm I called him and he picked up the phone. “Hello, this is Max from Head-Royce,” I said. “Hey,” he replied. I planned on asking Rashad the same questions that I used on my other interview with Skorpio, and then planned to compare and contrast their responses.
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