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Are you

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Is your animation

laced with

scathing political

commentary?

You are Lil’ Bush,

the titular star

of the Comedy

Central cartoon.

You are

Lil Mama,

Was your career

and we wanna

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shop for

music industry

cosmetics

veteran?

with you.

You are

Lil Wayne. Don’t

Have you

worry, buddy.

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abandoned the

We’ll come visit

Lil’ prefix?

you in the pen

and bring you

some space cake.

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Have you been

crew with a

Did you snitch

romantically

Holocaust-

on someone

linked with a

referencing

from your crew?

Jazze Pha

name?

protégé?

You are

You are

Lil’ Boosie,

You are

Bow Wow.

former member

Lil’ Cease.

You can try to

of, um,

More like

lose the prefix,

Concentration

Lil’ Brutus!

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