American rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) performing at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, June 3, 2010 Rapping (also dropping, rhyming, flowing, spitting, [1] emceeing, [2] or MCing[2][3]) is an artistic form …

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