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Anti-Bush Hip-Hop Song A Hit Online

HeadlineSep 14, 2005

And in the music world, a hip—hop song highly critical of President Bush’s response to hurricane Katrina has quickly become one of the most popular songs online. The Houston hip hop group The Legendary K.O. remixed Kanye West’s single “Gold Digger”, Kanye’s recent comment that “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People” and added new lyrics about Bush’s handling of the crisis. Tens of thousands of copies of the song have been downloaded from the web over the past few days.

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