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• This weekend at Mount Rose Baptist Church

Eric Onyechefule, Reporter
• KWES-TV

MIDLAND, TEXAS - 23-year-old Darien Smith plays five instruments from the piano to bass. Born and raised in Midland, Smith understands how different tunes molded him.

"Music has shaped, the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I carry myself," said Smith.

Smith, the son of a pastor and wise beyond his age, knows the importance being one of the musical at this weekend's Unapologetically Black celebration at Mount Rose Baptist Church, which gives everyone in the Basin an up close look at black art and culture ...

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