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AESOP ROCK WEAVES WORDS INTO FABLED INDIE RAP CAREER

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20030928
Author:Ken Capobianco, Globe Correspondent

It may not be the safest or sanest thing to do during the fall in these parts, but when Aesop Rock takes the stage at the Paradise Wednesday night, he will be wearing his now-trademark New York Yankees hat. He's been wearing it for years as he performs, and he's not about to change now, no matter what the circumstances in the American League are. "I've only been harassed one time," he says, laughing. "And it was by this senior citizen while I was in Kenmore Square. Can't worry about that. You just do what you have to do."

That's the way Aesop Rock has carved a niche for himself as one of the ...

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