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Stamford youth center shelves concert over rap outcry

An outcry over rap lyrics has left a Stamford youth center scrambling to raise funds to send kids on a trip to West Africa. Organizers of the Yerwood Center's Celebrity Basketball Fundraiser booked rapper

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May 14, 2007, 1:47 PM

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