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Prime's Top 5 Chicago Battle Emcees

Last week I was on a panel and Greg Corner of Kill Hannah and he asked me about the Chicago battle scene.  I haven't really kept up with it in a minute, but it got thinking about Chicago's strong history of battle emcees.  I decided to reach out to Prime, ne of our city's resident battle historians for an update, as well as a top 5 list of Chicago's best battle emcees.  Prime runs down the list, which contains a couple locks as well as a surprise nod.

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Damn Com, You Wrote A Book Too!?

Common

What is Common not doing these days?  He just dropped a new album, created a new cologne, drinks Amped Energy Drinks, and developed a clothing line with Microsoft, and now he's got a book coming out entitled "The Mirror And Me".  In the video below he reads to kids in Dayton, OH.
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