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click to enlarge A silhouetted portrait, five tracks, and a litany of emotions make up Chi TheRealist’s newest EP, “Shadow Work.” After the unexpected passing of his ‘mom’ (grandmother), the hip-hop soul rapper known for his lyricism and vulnerability is working through his self-described ‘cocoon phase’ — but to an outsider, the music he’s producing is as real as it gets. “She raised me, and I owe a lot of my life to her,” said Chi TheRealist, whose real name is James Boykins.

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