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TIL rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard's verse on the hit song "Ghetto Supastar" was the result of him showing up at the wrong studio, loving the song, and asking to be part of it.

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axRy TIL Chattanooga broadcast legend Luther Masingill is the only announcer to have reported over the air both the attack on Pearl Harbor and the attacks of 9/11.
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