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Darney "K-Born" Rivers, Bronx African American History Project
Darney "K-Born" Rivers, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewer: Mark Naison, Lisa Betty
Interviewee: Darney “K-Born” Rivers, Rodney Morris
Summarized by: Sarah Cavanagh
Darney “K-Born” Rivers is a legendary Bronx rapper and community organizer. He was born in the Bronx in 1970 and lived on Grant avenue and then Morris avenue near 169th street. Living on Grant avenue in the early 1970s, Rivers describes the fires that became a common sight in the area. The Grant avenue neighborhood became so dangerous that he had to live with relatives in Queens for some time. Rivers and his family moved to the Fordham road area of the Bronx in 1978. …