To a less self-confident over the hill rap icon it couldn’t happen. His Emineminence unveiled another round of audio angst hours ago, with admittedly a few of the more interesting schist-slinging smackdown tracks being worthy of Mr. Mathers earlier vintages from previous decades. However, no list of young rappers and their shortcomings from Em’s point of view can compete with the cultural relevance of CNN’s Don Lemon deriding Kanye’s cognitive capabilities. Forget DJT worthy, even French President Emmanuel Macron makes Kamikaze kind of fugazi feeling. To tersely paraphrase his rebuke of his own people’s patriotism: French Identity is a fantasy. The Gaulish People are stubborn. Danish & French are just twists on European. The lobster was…OK-Em Mac.

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