MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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He’s a Rhodes Scholar. The G.O.P. Keeps Calling Him a ‘Big-City Rapper"
By artappraiser on Thu, 10/11/2018 - 10:28am |By Lisa W. Forderero @ NYTimes.com, Oct. 1
PORT EWEN, N.Y. — It has taken 12 years, but Antonio Delgado has finally received recognition for his brief career as a rap artist. All it took was for him to run for Congress in New York.
[....] political observers said that given the makeup of the district, where voters gave both President Barack Obama and President Trump the edge, the negative ads could actually help Mr. Delgado, who lives in Rhinebeck with his wife and two young sons.
“In some ways, it’s a test of how far we have come, whether it matters in that district,” said Christopher B. Mann, an assistant professor of political science at Skidmore College. “It’s hard to say whether it will be a pivotal factor or maybe to his advantage. The ads have drawn national attention, and they’ve raised Delgado’s profile.” [....]
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/nyregion/antonio-delgado-rapper.html
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