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On the Freeing of Louisiana Rapper, McKinley 'Mac' Phipps and the Decades of Stolen Genius

Prolific Louisiana rapper, McKinley "Mac" Phipps, was recently paroled after serving 21 years in prison for a murder he maintained being innocent of committing

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Donney Rose
Jun 25, 2021
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McKinley ‘Mac’ Phipps; Image via ABC News

Growing up as a hip-hop head in south Louisiana, I was an avid listener of artists from homegrown super-label, No Limit Records. My teenage years were filled with classic rap albums from the likes of Nas, Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Wu-Tang Clan, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z and many other coastal emcees, but when No Limit expl…

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