One of my favorite stories I’ve ever written for the Scene was “ Tiger Tales ,” which covered the little-known facts about how important Tennessee State University graduates have been, and continue to be, for the local food and beverage industry. So I was excited when I met four newer TSU grads who have, by sheer force of will, built up a burgeoning empire with their business, Official Wings .

Edward Horton, Ken Partee, Keith Morgan and Nichalos Moton are all from Memphis and attended TSU at different times between 2007 and 2013. An important part of their time on Jefferson Street included trips to buy wings at spots like Nuttin’ but Wings and Knock Out Wings, but they missed “Memphis-style” wings.

For the uninformed, Memphis-style means the full, intact wing (flat, drummette and t

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