Hamilton's second book, Sugar Hill, examines the double-edged sword of assimilation facing upwardly mobile Latinos.

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After signing with Sugar Hill Records in 1997, he released his debut solo album Aloha From Nashville, which paved the path for his solo success in years to come.

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But it has one advantage over all the other lines: It's the quickest way to Harlem and the district of majestic mansions where Harlem's royalty once reigned, called Sugar Hill.

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He is developing interactive exhibits for a planned children's museum in Harlem, the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Storytelling, that will allow kids to archive their art and stories as they come back year after year.

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Pathways spiral away from the central house and lead to the traditionally built single-storey guesthouses, scattered like sugar cubes over an undulating hill.

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