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"Aloe Blacc has claimed that it was due to hip-hop artists like 50 Cent that he turned his back on a rap career. Blacc, who began his career as a rapper back in 1995, said that the focus of the hip-hop industry on wealth and bravado was never appealing to him. &amp;quot;Artists like 50 Cent made me stop rapping,&amp;quot; Blacc revealed to The Independent. &amp;quot;I felt there was too much opulence, braggadocio and misogyny in hip-hop and I wanted to tell a different story. &amp;quot;What happened is that the music got corporatised. Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.&amp;quot; Blacc also said that he hopes to use the money garnered from his new-found success to help a variety of charities rather than purely for self-gain. &amp;quot;Money equals responsibility,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;I want to use my cool to sell my music, get sponsorships from organisations that want to use my cool, and then divert the money I get into projects for homeless children.&amp;quot; Blacc released his breakthrough album Good Things in September 2010, and his single &amp;#039;I Need A Dollar&amp;#039; is currently at number five on the iTunes download chart. Watch the video for Aloe Blacc&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;I Need A Dollar&amp;#039; below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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