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“In rap all these cats were coming up with Italian Mafioso names, all these aliases of Italian mobsters. And it struck me as funny, because if you watch mob movies, they don't hold a very high opinion of black people. And I thought if I was gonna do it, I'd be real. And the name that popped into my…” quote by Everlast — Download Open image

“In rap all these cats were coming up with Italian Mafioso names, all these aliases of Italian mobsters. And it struck me as funny, because if you watch mob movies, they don't hold a very high opinion of black people. And I thought if I was gonna do it, I'd be real. And the name that popped into my head was Whitey Ford.”

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