On Lil B, Gary Vaynerchuk, Rap, And The Low ROI On Black Male Positivity

There’s no swag in “swag.”

Marcus K. Dowling
Aug 29, 2017 · 6 min read

Ten years ago, Lil B The Based God was a member of The Pack, a one-hit wonder rap group whose single “Vans” was one of many catchy one-hit wonder rap singles of 2006. In 2007, Gary Vaynerchuk was the taste of the e-entrepreneurship world, his family’s Shopper’s Discount Liquors becoming Wine

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