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Netflix's 'The Harder They Fall' is a fictional tale about very real Black cowboys
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Once savvy, NBC’s Olympics deal is shakier after Beijing - The Atlanta Voice
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XXXTentacion Surpasses Drake For All-Time Most-Streamed Album On Spotify | Haiti Gazette
The content originally appeared on: Urban Islandz XXXTentacion now has the most streamed hip-hop album on Spotify, surpassing Drake. What he did not achieve when he was alive, he did in death. The late rapper XXXTentacion now holds the honor of having the most-streamed hip-hop album in Spotify
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