News at Eleven: [Maya] Angelou said she never knew Common

used the "N" bomb at all, calling it "vulgar and dangerous" to the black community.

"I'm surprised and disappointed. I don't know why he chose to do that. I had never heard him use that [word] before. I admired him so because he wasn't singing the line of least resistance."

from New York Post: Rapper N-bombs poet pal
then CNN: The Marquee Blog: Maya Angelou defuses 'feud' with Common

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