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Luther Campbell of the rap group 2 Live

Luther Campbell of the rap group 2 Live Crew. (March 7, 1994) (January 21, 2013 10:57 AM)

At one point, Luther "Luke" Campbell was the most controversial man in America. That was back in 1989 when he was the frontman for Miami-based rap group 2 Live Crew and their, um, not-so-clean album "As Nasty As They Wanna Be" was released.

It was an era of Parental Advisory stickers (in the era of cassettes and CDs), a public backlash against rap music that wasn't just...

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