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Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking
madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech,
gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week,
Luke doesn't like how Lil Wayne and DJ Khaled use Miami but don't
give back to the Magic City.
I've got a message for Lil Wayne,
his Cash Money Brothers, DJ Khaled, Puff Daddy and all the rappers
from other parts of the country who now live in Miami. I'm tired of
seeing these cats using up our beaches, soaking up our sunshine,
taking over the nightclubs, and sleeping with our women without
investing anything into the community. I want to know when Lil Wayne
is going to do more than show up courtside at the American Airlines
Arena. Hell, it's not like he paid for them anyway. You know he got
comped.
This free loading and mooching of my city has got to stop. There used to be a day when out of town rappers were scared to throw their weight around Miami. It didn't matter if they were coming from New York or Los Angeles, they knew better than to act like they owned this mother fucker.
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