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Bomani “D’mite” Armah knew his satirical rap “Read a Book” would be a hit when he wrote it. So why did he shelve it for so long?
By Sufiya Abdur-Rahman
Posted: August 29, 2007
Almost immediately, it’s clear that the video for “Read a Book,” Bomani “D’mite” Armah’s chant-style rap, isn’t like Black Entertainment Television’s usual offerings: In it, a group of faceless, pink-spandex-clad cartoon dancers forcefully thrust their ample booties up and down to the beat, with the letters b-o jiggling on one butt cheek and o-k on the other.
“Not a sports page/Not a magazine/But a book, nigga/A f*ckin’ book nigga, yeah,” Armah screams, mimicking Lil Jon. He goes on to demand that listeners raise their kids, wear deodorant, and buy property rather than spinning rims.
Armah, a 29-year-old Mitchellville, Md., native now living in Petworth, recorded “Read a Book” three years ago,
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