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🚨 Ebro says hip-hop has become too obsessed with sales Ebro pushed back on using commercial success to measure greatness, saying “Wrong chart, champ.” He argued “McDonald’s sells a lot of hamburgers… that doesn’t mean it’s the best hamburger,” adding that moments like Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt celebration and Kendrick...

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