"We definitely wasn't going to back Gates": Cambridge Rap Duo Takes on Gatesgate

The Cambridge Chronicle reports on "CPD," the new track by Cambridge rap duo NBS, which takes shots at both Sergeant James Crowley and his wrongfully arrested victim, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. It's no surprise that the track slams Crowley—the group says "Crowley has a reputation on the street as being unreasonable"—but the lines about Gates might surprise you. "I ain't never seen Skip in the hood ... I think you might have needed a taste of what jail's like." [Cambridge Chronicle]

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Um, maybe they've never seen Gates in the 'hood because he grew up in a tiny town in West Virginia. I guess you're only legitimately African American if you grow up somewhere hard. Like Cambridge.

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