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Last updated: 2 april, 2011 - 09:53 GMT

The business of bling

Did hip-hop make Obama? It began in the late '70s as an urban subculture in two of America's most notorious ghettos, but now hip-hop has grown into a multi-billion dollar business spanning music, film, fashion and even politics.
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