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Topic subjectHov was 100% serious
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2892772, Hov was 100% serious
Posted by Kira, Thu Jul-17-14 05:12 PM
>Jay (half-jokingly) said 'we need a board' (but I felt like
>under the joke, he was definitely half-serious).
>
>There are some small things that irk me about rap (like when
>people just take the names of established acts...I ran into
>this cat named DJ Black Rob on Twitter and I was like 'Fam,
>there's already a Black Rob' LMAO...when Peter Rosenberg was
>in DC he DJ-ed under the name PMD...I never got to talk to him
>about that before he dropped the name, but I always thought
>that was ridiculous, Parrish Smith was straight up using that
>as his stage name post-EPMD and it's not even Rosenberg's
>initials or anything LOL).
>


Did y'all talk about Rahkim?

http://www.datpiff.com/Rah-Nyc-Rahkim-Nyc-new-Young-Confident-mixtape.17122.html

How has no one ever stepped to Rosenberg about this? Does he have a pass from EPMD? I didn't understand the full context of Rosenberg hate but now I get it. THAT'S A VIOLATION. With the younger generation they're too quick to appropriate names and legacies to garner attention without the consent of the legends.