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Get money by any means necessary

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Fellow Chicagoan, Kanye West, expressed the same idea on his own debut album The College Dropout

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#Freestyle?

Bibby claims he’s actually freestyling this verse cause his phone died and he can no longer see the raps he’s written down.

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She’s got a point! While some designers wane in popularity over the years, name dropping any designer of the moment is common practice in Hip Hop:

http://screencast.com/t/vsLyOTRP

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BARS. Jean plays off a slang for coke (brick (of coke) = bird = chicken) to call out rappers who talk like they’re hard but really haven’t even lived enough to see a regular chicken.

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Word to Obama. Politics in the U.S. are so messed up, Jean would rather protest than participate. Reminiscent of Malcolm X who believed one should take freedom “by any means necessary”

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The 4th installment of Jean Deaux’s RAW Series. This time the Chicago songstress brings her fire bars.

https://soundcloud.com/thatsjeandeaux/t-m-s-freestyle-prod-by-tim-suby

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At the heart of every sweeping creative movement, there lies just a few hand-picked individuals. From Hughes to Hitchcock, Angelou to Badu… every so often our society is swept by such artistry. Piercing and focused, these selected few are responsible for the ignition of an expressive revolution. The stars reposition, the air is thick, thoughts drift to the same curious portal and, with little explanation, history is made. T.H.E.M. People is a creative music and visual production team, an art-encompassed collaborative and an urban channel. We firmly believe that young artists across the country are currently indicating the foundations of a neo-renaissance. T.H.E.M. is dedicated to manifesting these groundworks into legendary magnificence; collaborating innovators nationwide to craft high-caliber art of every nature. Devoted to recording the soundtrack of urban renaissance, these innovators are bridging cultural gaps piece by piece. Based out of Chicago, Illinois, T.H.E.M.People are located in the very center of our Nation, preparing at every moment to reel each coast nearer in order to produce distinctive excellence through creativity.

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Kim’s ring could sink the titanic!

If you like it, you better put a ring on it and put a ring on it he did! The massive Swarovski diamond ring Kanye bought Kim was designed by Ye himself and Lorraine Schwartz

And since Kim isn’t wearing a bikini, the only tan line she has is from this rock!

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Kami has the company of foreign ladies who happen to be quite flexible. He plays off where they’re from, Cairo, and their ability to bend like a Chiropractor would.

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