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"Some hip-hop fans were shocked when Wyclef Jean, 50 Cent, Timbaland and other stars (including Mary J. Blige), were implicated in a steroids investigation. In an over-the-top industry where using other types of illegal drugs is a given and getting shot is likely, any surprise seems more than a bit na&amp;Atilde;&amp;macr;ve. Maybe they thought 50 Cent got that body by lifting all that bling? &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Implications&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; - Since a lot of people look up to celebrities, it can be a big let-down when they have been found doing something illegal. Jeff Chang, who is the author of the hip-hop history book Can&amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;trade;t Stop Won&amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;trade;t Stop, says that &amp;quot;there&amp;#039;s always the battle aesthetic at work, this idea that you&amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;trade;re going to go up there and show that you&amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;trade;re badder than everybody else. It&amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;trade;s part of the swagger that hip-hop carries.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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