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Nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot watches WikiLeaks saga

June 17, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

Nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot has put out many albums with songs about tech subjects. So what’s a rapper to do when the obscure subjects he writes about suddenly dominate the headlines for weeks on end?

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