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“I like Akon, I like some of Lil Wayne when he uses that funky voice. Anything progressive.”

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I'm the renegade of funk. I've made house, techno, rock, funk, reggae... That's why I've been on so many different labels.

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House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop.

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What worries me are these so-called radio stations with program directors who don't play all the different flavors of hip-hop. They should play the…

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