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RiFF RAFF is overseas in Japan speaking the native language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbhLaMryjmQ
Interestingly enough, there’s also a Japanese pop group that is called Riff Raff/), so the people might not immediately recognize Jody Highroller by his most common alias

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Katy Perry was nominated by lifestyle website HelloGiggles, film producer Steve Tisch, & actress Allison Williams. She then nominated Madonna.

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Tyga was nominated by friend and frequent collaborator Chris Brown, then proceeded to nominate Drake, Nicki Minaj, & August Alsina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WtQ_Bng0iQ

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During a tour stop in Germany, Macklemore did his ice bucket challenge on stage. He was nominated by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, Ben Secord, Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS7WZznByy8
He then proceeded to nominate former Seattle SuperSonics point guard Gary Payton, former Sonics center Shawn Kemp and another former Sonics center Steve Scheffler

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Wiz Khalifa might just have ice dumped on him every day as some sort of routine, because he didn’t seem to flinch at all during his challenge and didn’t state who nominated him or nominate anyone else.

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Charlie Sheen took a rather interesting approach by dumping $10,000 cash (that he proceeded to donate towards ALS) on his head rather than ice water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qat9gR5nrpM

He was nominated by Ryan Miller of the Vancouver Canucks and proceeded to nominate fellow Two and a Half Men star Jon Cryer, the show’s producer Chuck Lorre, & his replacement on the show Ashton Kutcher

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Drizzy Drake was nominated by several people including fellow rapper Tyga, Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Jennings, & San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and went on to nominate Beyoncé


Drake did the challenge during a stop on his Drake vs. Lil Wayne tour, and the ice was dumped on him by Weezy himself (who also has participated in the challenge)

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Lil Wayne used one of his Weezy Wednesdays episodes to do his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvNDJwf1X-U
Weezy was more vague than most, never stating who nominated him and in turn nominating “everybody who’s watching this”

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Dr. Dre was nominated by Apple CEO Tim Cook, who recently was part of a multibillion dollar deal between Apple & Beats by Dre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM8iK3QJfhg

Dre then nominated three rappers that he helped become the artists they are today: Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, & Snoop Dogg

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Rappers are often talking about how their pockets are fat (full of money), but Chano states the opposite to paint a picture of the struggle

He also goes on to say that hee wears his socks for up to 10 Days in a row, another characteristic of economic hardship. Now times have changed and Chance has his own line of socks

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