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Brother Ali: The Undisputed Truth

by Gentry Boeckel

[18.Apr.07] :. The Twin Cities’ earnest, Muslim, albino rapper is back with his long-awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed Shadows on the Sun, and he brought some baggage with him.

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Imus flap may fuel hip-hop scrutiny

by Audra D.S. Burch [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[16.Apr.07] :. Sometime between the time Don Imus uttered the now-infamous slur about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team and his firing from the airwaves, America was once again thrust onto the...

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