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Uploaded on May 11, 2011

Amidst controversy from conservatives, Common performed a spoken word piece at the White House in celebration of American poetry and prose.

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  • Fergs897

    Fergs897 1 year ago

    Haha I wonder if that was Michelle shouting 'Yeah!'

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  • twitch245

    twitch245 5 months ago

    it's the DJ

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  • JayWillOfTOLMusic

    JayWillOfTOLMusic 2 weeks ago

    Actually @quajayjay Maximus Parthas is the real deal. I can say that and no we don't even know eachother.

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  • MrJordan3023

    MrJordan3023 3 weeks ago

    Common was flowing

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  • Bryan Koszka

    Bryan Koszka 1 month ago

    that girl yelling YEAA is screwing up my sample..

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  • n111cky

    n111cky 3 months ago

    lol one black guy in a room with a bunch of old rich white people...

    ahhh those were the days...

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  • Nemejester

    Nemejester 3 months ago

    Forgive him/her, for all he/she knows is skrillex.

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  • MrKundi6

    MrKundi6 4 months ago

    screw bill o reily how is this violent?

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  • nothingmuch44

    nothingmuch44 5 months ago

    Classical!

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  • Maximus Parthas

    Maximus Parthas 5 months ago

    you'd be better off simply googling me rather than to assume. I was an accomplished Spoken Word Poet when Common was still rap battling Kenya West backstage at shows.

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  • DJBluntMagic

    DJBluntMagic 5 months ago

    It's the DJ scratching a sample. It provides punctuation and continuity to the narrative

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