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I’ve done so much for the culture, but uh, yeah, yeah he’s dope.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cl5cs94oh001o3b7ac1bn6g7r@published'}, {'data': {'_version': 2, 'autoPlay': False, 'contentId': 'C-uOlTLLN7g', 'videoType': 'Editorial', 'isPlaylist': False, 'origSource': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-uOlTLLN7g', 'videoValid': True, 'videoSource': 'video', 'playerCaption': None, 'videoLocation': 'article', 'videoPlaylist': '', 'playerHeadline': None, 'playerBorderTop': False, 'autoPlayNextVideo': True, 'componentVariation': 'youtube', 'playerBorderBottom': False, 'playerBorderTopCTA': 'Watch', 'previousTypeRelated': False}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/youtube/instances/cl5cseynp002m3b7a1qzn00ub@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Aside from showing love to Wayne, Cube also talked about the Big 3 basketball league, <em>Rolling Stone’s</em> top Rap album list,\xa0and the current Rap game. 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