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Underestimating Obama

Submitted by Andrew Fly, Sep 18, 2008 09:50

As a person who wrote a book about hip hop, how can you say "Tupac Shakur, for example, would not be as iconic a rapper if he had been taller and bulkier, had a full head of hair, and did not have large eyes" when you are basically describing Notorious BIG, sans the full head of hair.

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