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Mesro Coles

George "Mesro" Coles-El, writer, poet, emcee, and visual artist incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison and recurring contributor to the Ear Hustle podcast.

Oct 28, 2026

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle

Inside Music: The Takeover!

Oct 28 · 44m

Derrell Sadiq DavisHOST
26:04
He started writing about it.
Mesro ColesGUEST
26:06
With this sort of song, it was like, let's put it out there.
Mesro ColesGUEST
26:09
Let's tell people what the time really is.
Mesro ColesGUEST
26:13
I was depressed.
Mesro ColesGUEST
26:15
I was feeling bad, you know, fresh off a parole denial, you know what I mean, which was all my fault on top of that.
Mesro ColesGUEST
26:22
Coming to grips with the idea that you're going to die in prison is, you know, it's pretty rough.
Mesro ColesGUEST
26:28
That's a pretty heavy thing to think about.

12 MINS LATER

Nigel Poor
Nigel PoorHOST
38:48
That sounds like a dying wheeze.

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