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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Real Talk Tuesdays: Snoop Lion

Finally sat down to watch Reincarnated - the documentary of Snoop Dogg's journey into Rastafari in an attempt to recreate himself once again. The result? It was just as bad as I thought it would be. When I first caught wind of this whole project I called shenanigans. During Snoop's entire career he's always been about going where the money is. Shamelessly wearing whatever hat necessary to align with a certain market base. The documentary (like the album) is an embarassment. His understanding of Rastafari clearly goes no further than peace, love and weed. He's basically one step away from being Ras Trent.

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