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  • Obama to Honor Controversial Rapper Known for Cop-Killing, Misogynistic Lyrics

    05/09/2011 6:08:56 PM PDT · by mandaladon · 17 replies
    The Blaze ^ | 9 May 2011 | Emily Esfahani Smith
    WASHINGTON (AP/THE BLAZE) — President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will celebrate American poetry and prose with a gathering of poets, musicians and artists at the White House next Wednesday night. Professionals Elizabeth Alexander, Billy Collins, Rita Dove, Kenneth Goldsmith, Alison Knowles, Aimee Mann and Jill Scott will read, sing and highlight poetry’s influence on American culture. And there is another poet whose works will be honored: as NH Journal points out, “One of the poets who will attend is Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. who goes by the name ‘Common.’” “Tell the law my Uzi weighs a ton …...