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Rapper Q Tip performs during the 2008 VH1 Hip Hop Honors show in New York, October 2, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES Photo Stock - Alamy
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Rapper Q Tip performs during the 2008 VH1 Hip Hop Honors show in New York, October 2, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES Photo Stock - Alamy
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