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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 5 Jun 2016

    Muhammad Ali "wrote braggadocio raps that we called poetry because, at the time, we didn’t know what rap was."http://nyti.ms/1t0d0Z6 

    9:05 PM - 5 Jun 2016
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      1. !। श्रीमंत योगी ।!‏ @KingYogi_ 5 Jun 2016
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        Divine Experience Of A European Leady.. Must Listen Bapuji had changed my Life. #MiraclesOfSpiritualLifehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoeQ1ZTKpH0 …

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      1. Avramov Kosta‏ @AvramovK 5 Jun 2016
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        #AbsolutelyTrue He Had Such,#Unique Style. He Was #Tornado..#BoxingIcon Yet Man Of,#ColossalSpirit USA Lost,#Grandiose Son RIP.

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      1. Russian Spy‏ @sumohulksmash 5 Jun 2016
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        People have been battle rapping since the 5th century. Flyting son!

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      1. Nathanael Saint-Cyr‏ @NathanaelStCyr 5 Jun 2016
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        The 'Punch or be punched' nonsense is pathological... He was a boxer, not a philosopher...

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      1. Aaron‏ @bowling23 5 Jun 2016
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        he was a pioneer in so many ways #RIPMuhammadAli @MuhammadAli

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      1. timothy singiswa‏ @TSingiswa 8 Jun 2016
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        AD HIS BODY HE COULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO REDUCE IT TO BONES BY BEING SENT TO JAIL AS THAT KIND OF BODY INTIMIDATED AFRIKANERS!

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      1. timothy singiswa‏ @TSingiswa 8 Jun 2016
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        HALLENGED AMERICAN ESTABLISHMENT ALONE EVEN REFUSE TO FIGHT IN VIETNAM WITH ONLY HIS MOTORMOUTH AND FISTS!IF ANY BLACK COULD HAVE H

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      1. timothy singiswa‏ @TSingiswa 8 Jun 2016
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        AT THE TIME IN SOUTH AFRICA REPRESSION OF BLACKS WAS AT ITS PEAK AND CAME ALI AND HE BECAME A REAL INSPIRATION TO ME ...A MAN WHO C

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      1. oemor oniluap‏ @OemorOniluap 6 Jun 2016
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        the first #Rapper

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      1. hibah‏ @thxbye_k 5 Jun 2016
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        Oh right!

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      1. Dook lover‏ @VickDitale 5 Jun 2016
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        he was a great example for all the little ass holes running around today

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      1. despinatjobanakis‏ @despinatjob 5 Jun 2016
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        He punched out lines as quickly as his fist

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      1. ApprxAm‏ @ApprxAm 5 Jun 2016
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        ???? Still don't.

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      1. iron surfer‏ @ironsurfer 5 Jun 2016
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        Question: Was Muhammad Ali the first "rapper"? Did he invent "rap"? Or was he the first man to make it popular?

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      1. MARIA VERGARA‏ @MARIVER2012 5 Jun 2016
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        he was the best

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      1. Imran Siddiqi‏ @Imran_Siddiqi 5 Jun 2016
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        No doubt ''greatest of all times boxers'' RIP CHAMP.....

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      1. Said Abbasy‏ @said_abbasy1 5 Jun 2016
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        We Loves Mohamed Ali

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