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Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Hip-Hop's Fight Against Time

Busted Headphones

[11 April 2008]

by Quentin B. Huff

Hip-hop fights haters, record labels, rival emcees, and even the law. Time, however, has proven to be a formidable opponent.

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