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Dirty Money in Your Mouth
Consider this one yet another episode of True Recession Stories. Today’s subject: Poppa Diddy Pop. Here’s the Rap-Flavored Blog Reader’s Digest version of what went down on The Colored TRL earlier this week. Puffy rapes Estelle’s twin sister and the ...
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Show & Prove
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Rap Videos
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