Editing Guru (rapper) (section)

== Early life ==
Elam was born in the [[Roxbury, Boston|Roxbury]] neighborhood of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. His father, Harry Justin Elam served both as a judge and a lawyer and he became the first African American judge appointed to the [[Boston Municipal Court]] of Massachusetts and he later also became Chief Justice of the same court and finally as a judge he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the [[Massachusetts Superior Court]]. Prior to his judgeship years, between 1971 and 1988, he was a prominent lawyer in the city of Boston from 1952 to 1971 and his mother, Barbara, was the co-director of libraries in the [[Boston Public Schools]] system. He attended the Advent School on [[Beacon Hill, Boston|Beacon Hill]] in Boston, [[Noble and Greenough School]] in [[Dedham, Massachusetts]],<ref name="HarryMemoir" /> and [[Cohasset High School]] in [[Cohasset, Massachusetts]] for high school.<ref name="phoenix">{{cite news|url=http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2010/03/03/gang-starr-legend-guru-out-of-coma-issues-press-release.aspx|title=Gang Starr legend GURU out of coma, issues press release|date=March 3, 2010|access-date=April 24, 2010 | first=Jon | last=Caramanica}}</ref> Elam graduated with a degree in business administration from [[Morehouse College]] in [[Atlanta]]<ref name="guardian_obituary">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/21/guru-obituary|title=Guru obituary|newspaper=Guardian|date=April 21, 2006|access-date=April 24, 2010 | location=London | first=Garth | last=Cartwright}}</ref> and took graduate classes at the [[Fashion Institute of Technology]] in [[Manhattan]].