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Congo Square Rap: Fiend’s musical massage

August 27, 2018 by: Michael Allen Zell

Hip-hop as a musical genre can be as elastic as it gets, and International Jones’ (IJ) new Player Chit explores new worlds by going back to the 1970s. Picture a chilled-out hometown hero rapper enjoying the high life to the sounds of a laidback groove. As IJ, better known as Fiend, brought up as Richard “Ricky” Jones, and a.k.a. Sleepy Eye...

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