Common & Maya Angelou clear the air over "The Believer" on BET's 106 & Park

Earlier this week, poetic and literary icon Maya Angelou went on record

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Earlier this week, poetic and literary icon Maya Angelou went on record with the New York Post to express her disappointment over the use of the N-word by Common on the track she features on – “The Believer.” Common came on BET’s 106 & Park to address the issue and Angelou partakes in clearing matters up by phoning into the show to talk with the rapper and the show’s hosts Rocsi and Terrence Jenkins. Com also offered some words to his situation with Drake (see more here). The Dreamer/The Believer is out now.

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