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June 20, 2008

Exploring The "Afronaut" Phenomenon Lil Wayne's not the same as us, he is a martian. And he's far from the only African American artist with a fixation for the cosmic. Slate calls him the latest of an "Afronaut invasion" in a piece which touches on the reason for, and style of, the interstellar tendencies of Sun Ra, Afrika Bambaataa, George Clinton, Outkast. We know what you're thinking and yes, Astronaut Jones makes the discussion.

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what about Kool Keith and Lee Perry? and that 'rock and roll McDonalds' dude?

Posted by: onceler at 06/20/08 9:49 PM  | Reply
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wesley willis?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis

Posted by: jim profile link  in reply to onceler's comment at 06/21/08 9:50 AM  | Reply
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