{"id":153,"date":"2004-02-04T07:19:16","date_gmt":"2004-02-04T12:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=153"},"modified":"2005-12-30T07:27:50","modified_gmt":"2005-12-30T12:27:50","slug":"rock-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/rock-the-house","title":{"rendered":"Rock the House"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the NY Observer<\/em>‘s new article on Chris Rock:<\/p>\n

A lot of Mr. Rock\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bds show is dedicated to the U.S. as he knows it in 2004. Saying that he loves rap but has grown tired of defending it, Mr. Rock said that “even the United States government hates rap. You know why I say that? Because they won’t arrest anybody that kills rappers.” After contending that more people saw Tupac Shakur’s killing — which took place on the Las Vegas Strip after a Mike Tyson fight — “than the last episode of Seinfeld,” he said: “You mean to tell me they can find Saddam Hussein in a fucking hole, but you can’t tell me who shot Tupac?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the NY Observer‘s new article on Chris Rock: A lot of Mr. Rock\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bds show is dedicated to the U.S. as he knows it in 2004. Saying that he loves rap but has grown tired of defending it, Mr. Rock said that “even the United States government hates rap. You know why I say that? … <\/p>\n

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