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so it seems like the boy common is looked at as a gangster rapper...
http://www.popeater.com/2011/05/11/common-white-house-performance/
http://www.popeater.com/2011/05/11/common-white-house-performance/
Hip-hop will invade the White House, as rapper Common has just been announced as
one of the performers at the celebration honoring American poetry Wednesday (May
11).
The Chicago native will join the likes of Jill Scott, Elizabeth
Alexander and Alison Knowles for the poetry-inspired day.
The event,
which will be hosted by First Lady Michelle
Obama, also includes an afternoon workshop for students. Common will participate
in the workshop before performing later in the evening.
His appearance is
causing controversy among some right-winged political websites who have written
his rhymes off as being riddled with violence, even labeling him a "gangster
rapper."