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Emily Barker

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Posted On: May 13th 2025, 08:28 am

Waving.

#plasticpollution
#swimming
#fishingtrip
#glovesoff

Comments (4)

beachbuddy10

a year ago

beachbuddy10

….not drowning.

catcoulterartist

a year ago

catcoulterartist

👋🏼👌🏼

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My Best Friend, My Brother. — These are just some of many pictures over the years. Celebrating a rare soul, a lifelong friendship, and his musical legacy that changed the world.

I met Juan Atkins in 1982. Every time we ran into one another, he would ask me if I worked at a grocery store, beyond convinced he’d seen me there. To which I would always tell him, no man, everybody just look like me. That went on for about a year, until he finally stopped asking me and became curious about who I actually was. Looking back, it’s funny how something so simple led to one of the most meaningful friendships of my life.

Our friendship was about so much more than just making music. He would come pick me up, just to hang out. Whether that was to go to parties or to simply play our music at Belle Isle. We traveled to New York and Miami for music conferences. We laughed together. We even cut each other’s hair. As time went on, I got to know the people closest to him. His grandmother, whom he idolized, his brothers, his sister, and his mother. They became like family to me, and my family became his.

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And I like it that way. Some things belong only to the people who lived them.

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