Posted on 02/04/2011 5:23:48 PM PST by Baladas
"Politics" is the latest dirty word for rapper Luther Campbell to work into his vocabulary.
Campbell, the raunchy rapper from 2 Live Crew, is running for Miami-Dade County mayor in Florida and thinks he could boost the economy with a tax on exotic dancers.
"I'm mad frustrated," Campbell said about crime in his hometown in an interview in the Miami New Times. "Why aren't we getting it right in Miami-Dade? Why is our government only serving one set of people? That's what is pushing me to run."
Retna / Corbis; Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Pictured is Luther Campbell today, left, and as part of 2 Live Crew in 1990. The emcee known for the 1989 hit song "Me So Horny" blasted the slow pace of construction at Miami International Airport and the bloated government workforce as wastes of taxpayer money.
He opposes raising taxes and wants to shore up a local hospital that treats a high number of uninsured patients, but a key plank of his platform would be to tax exotic dancers.
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Just another upstanding liberal pillar of the community
trying to get out from under the man- what a crock
“Why is our government only serving one set of people?”
Luther - please elaborate...
“Why is our government only serving one set of people?”
Luther - please elaborate...
Maybe this will be a new way for him to funnel money to Miami Hurricanes football players.
Campbell 2012: Move Somethin’.
Bet the campaign theme song is already picked out.
This being Miami, he’s probably implying Hispanics as opposed to “Anglo” whites.
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