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Hey, sucka nigga, whoever you are
Hey, sucka nigga, who— hey, sucka nigga
Whoever you are, whoever you are A Tribe Called Quest – Sucka Nigga
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Fort Greene, Queens, Strong Island wolfpack
Paid In Full posse, hot they was on Nas – U.B.R. (Unauthorized Biography of Rakim)
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Supreme Magnetic, his brother Rap, and the original 50 Cent were notorious Fort Greene hustlers who ran with Eric B & Rakim back in the day. Together with Eric and Ra’s boys from Long Island and Queens they made up the Paid In Full Posse, as pictured on the back of the Paid In Full album.
Rap (often mistaken for Supreme) is top left with the blue Fila gear. 50 Cent is bottom right in the red, white and blue Adidas. See Rakim’s photo breakdown for the full line-up.
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Peace in the name of I Self Lord and Master Big Daddy Kane – Wrath of Kane
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A rebuttal to Jackson’s opening lines and a jab at his racial identity.
MJ had vitiligo, a skin condition that results in patches of melanin free skin, and he also surgically altered his features and lightened his skin until he no longer looked black, prompting speculation that he actually wanted to be white. If this was true, why would Jackson be mad at Presley’s appropriation of black music (rhythm & blues) or his uncredited use of black musicians and songwriters?
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May I just say one thing? Michael Jackson actually looks more like a girl than a boy when he was in 2006
Skin lightning has never been proven to be successful or possible to the extent of Jackson’s skin colour change. Autopsy reports indicate he still had blotches on his skin as a result of vitiligo, and he used makeup to even out the colour on his face.