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CJ Dippa goes from zero to 300 in 3 hours
Young American Rapper CJ Dippa debuts on America's Got Talent
Immediately after I saw CJ Dippa close tonight's (02JUN10) America's Got Talent show, I googled "CJ Dippa" in quotes and got zero results. I had planned to check an hour later and expected to find dozens of webpages. Well, it's 2.5 hours later, 11.30 and Colbert is just starting in Toronto, and there are now 292 results:
CJ Dippa is a phenom!
Although the lyrics were garden variety bling playa, the spitting and the dancing were world class. The kid's only 11 years old, and I'm hoping he uses a future round to rap about the oil spill and other current events. When Piers exclaimed "Mover over Eminem", young CJ replied:
"The only difference between me and Eminem is ... (pause) ... Eminem don't dance."
From the mouths of babes...
Arc Attack stuns audience, merging art, music and technology
Another really cool act on tonight's show was Arc Attack, technological performance artists who have a robotic drummer and utilize controlled lightning in their music and show.
The AGT song was way more electrifying, I Green Panthers, here it IS:
Check out Lil Maxso, 4 year old year old rapper.
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