Ian Matthias Bavitz (Aesop Rock) Quotes

Everyone's been on the "hip-hop is dead" campaign for years, and now it's the most unsure-of-itself genre ever.

Ian Matthias Bavitz

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• I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax.

  

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• When I'm governor, we're not going to be silent like Bruce Rauner. Illinois will be a firewall against Donald Trump's destructive and bigoted agenda.

  

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  • Name
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• Everyone's been on the "hip-hop is dead" campaign for years, and now it's the most unsure-of-itself genre ever.

  

  Ian Matthias Bavitz
  • Hip Hop
  • Genre
  • Campaign