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Lil B is somewhat obsessed with oil spills, having mentioned them in song before

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The Based God has addressed being a this topic before, on his song “Game”, where he says, “I gotta be a role model”

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B’s book is called Takin' Over . According to the publisher:

TAKIN’ OVER is Lil b’s rap to the world – a world that that the San Francisco-based star says is about to be Takin’ Over with THE POSITIVE, THE LOVE and ALL POSSIBILITIES for everyone. Written in the form of text messages and emails to his thousands of fans and friends, it reveals his inner-most feelings about LIFE, LOVE, and MUSIC

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This change from record industry predators to the sexual variety was brought on by an unwanted audience heckle. Vulture Blog explains:

At some point, he was offering a warning about the number of predators in the music industry, in business in general …
“Sexual predators,” someone shouted, I suppose in an effort to be funny

But Lil B is just not funny like that. Lil B’s impulse is not just to take the interjection — with a Will Ferrell–character level of guilelessness — at face value, but to try to say something supportive to the many people he knows to exist in the world who have actually been sexually assaulted. “We’ve dealt with that,” he said. “That’s very uncomfortable for all of us. But I want to tell you — anybody in here who went through hardships like that, or anything — the best thing I can tell you is forgive, cleanse your soul, and forgive yourself. Don’t be hard on yourself.” This — the sound of a guy abandoning all consciousness of the cool way to walk, and trying, in his own halting self-made way, to be really, really good — was greeted by cheers, and laughter, and ironic cheers, and someone yelling, “Thank you, Based God”

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Days prior to this lecture, B paid tribute to Jay-Z with a mixtape titled after Jay’s album The Blueprint 2. Based God called his The Basedprint 2

He also later mimicked the Watch the Throne cover to pay homage, with his Silent President

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Nore and his protege Glacierz are done being nice, and give us exactly what the title suggests – nothing but a war song (plus some bad Dumbo jokes)

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Obama would be glad to have The Based God™ as his successor.

If B decides not to run, he has in the past come up with alternate ideas

https://twitter.com/#!/LILBTHEBASEDGOD/status/132508485056348161

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Glacierz Da’Ville is the first lady of Noreaga’s Militainment movement. She started out as a ghostwriter, having been put on by Havoc of Mobb Deep. Within the past few years, she has started recording songs herself

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Nore and Bumpy compose a symphony of ignorance on a DJ Premier beat

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