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TIL that Eminem suspected Kendrick Lamar was using a ghostwriter. He invited Kendrick to his house, and insisted he wrote a verse, in a room, alone. After he heard the end product, he said Kendrick was the best rapper he'd met.

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ANx1d TIL that before President Carter’s death, it had been 51 years since the last passing of a US Democratic president.
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