**THIS STORY APPEARS IN THE JUNE 2012 ISSUE OF XXL. WORDS DEMARCO WILLIAMS The topic of the moment at Michael Render’s Southwest Atlanta barbershop, Graffiti Swag ...

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For another week, it was Nicki Minaj and B.o.B that held down the rap releases on the Billboard 200. In her seventh week on the charts, ...

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