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My name is Beaumani Jones.

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We are on our latest edition of Time Machine Tuesday

and following up our six-part series on hip-hop in the year 1996. We decided to call the biggest

rap fan we knew, Bob Costas. Well, you know, Bo, don't take this lightly. I have some hip-hop cred, as you may be aware.

To my own knowledge, and it may be more, I've been name-checked at least five or six

times in hip-hop tracks, the most famous of which, or infamous, is ludicrous.

I'd be rolling torpedoes, get blunted with Rostas, and for a hefty fee on your record, like Bob Costas.

What could be better than that?

Now, the question is, which part was the Bob Costas reference?

Was it about the on the record part or the hefty fee?

The on the record part showed that he was watching me on HBO.

But the lyrics of that track are unbelievable.

I own so many uniforms.

I'm a throwback mess.

I hit the dry cleaner and get a full cord press.

Which sounds different when I say it than when he says it.

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