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Kamala Harris Says She Listened to Rap Legends Years Before Their Debuts

posted onFebruary 13, 2019
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Article snippet: On Power 105.1’s Breakfast Club show, co-host Charlamagne tha God asked Harris whether she had ever indulged in the drug. “I did inhale,” Harris responded, before bursting into laughter. “It was a long time ago, but yes. I just broke news!” “Listen, I think [it] gives a lot of people joy,” the former California attorney general added. “And we need more joy.” Later, the senator is asked about the type of music she listened to while smoking. “What does Kamela Harris listen to? What did you listen to when you was high? Was it Snoop?” Charlamagne asked. “Oh yeah, it was definitely Snoop. Uh-huh. Definitely. Tupac for sure,” she replied. Harris graduated from Howard University in 1986 and obtained her law degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1989. Tupac’s first album — 2Pacalypse Now — was released in 1991, while Snoop Dogg’s first album —Doggystyle — came out in 1993. “As with her former position on legalization, she’s scamming,” Reason editor-at-large Nick Gillespie said of Harris’s claim. At the time of those records’ release, Harris was working in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, where she served from 1990 to 1998. During the interview, Harris also voiced her support for legalizing marijuana — with a few caveats. “Let me make this statement very clear: I believe we need to legalize marijuana,” she said. “Now that being said, and this is not a ‘but,’ this is an ‘and’ — and we need to research, which is one of the reaso... Link to the full article to read more

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