Speaking to MTV, New York Governor David Paterson speaks on MTV’s Top MCs list, and suggests that:
“…the MC that figures out that people 18 and older who got the right to vote in 1972 never exercised it till 2008 — there’s a real culture for discussing for how our government works and how our society works. The MC who could blaze that trail and find a creative way of displaying it will be the MC of the next decade.”
Judging by the rest of the interview, Paterson seems to have a decent grip on the music genre. Perhaps when he loses the next election …er… when he is convinced not to run …um.. in the future, he might give the recording booth a try.
View/read the full interview/article here: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1622683/20090930/jay_z.jhtml




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