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Unpacking Afroman's Viral Defamation Trial

When you think of rapper Afroman, chances are his early 2000s hit song "Because I Got High" is already playing in your mind. More than two decades later, his music has once again broken containment. Host Ben Brock Johnson and producer Grace Tatter dig into how Afroman turned a police raid and defamation trial into another moment of internet virality.
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