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Today In Sneaker History: Rapper’s Delight Becomes Hip Hop’s First Hit

January 5, 2016 by nickengvall

  F*%$ peanut butter and jelly. People should use the analogy “goes together like hip hop and sneakers” instead of that tired peanut butter … Read more

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