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They flew me and my partner Rugger Productions to Louisville to perform for the city's celebration Muhammad Ali Center and what your about to see is a snippet from that performance. During the performance, I stopped a moment in the middle of my show and asked the crowd if there is anything that has been weighing heavy on someones mind or something they would like to hear about - giving them an opportunity to dictate my freestyle (also insuring to them that I was truly improvising on the spot). One lady was with her beautiful family and asked me to rap about: KNOWLEDGE.


Here is what ensued....
Poet Ali freestyles about "KNOWLEDGE"

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