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Fat Mack 'n the Boyz
Fat Mack: Eighteen Hundred Feet
Derek Drake
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November 24, 2017
The diner was hopping. People were eating and talking and enjoying themselves loudly. I kept looking at Shirley, and she kept pretending she was...
Fat Mack 'n the Boyz
Good thing for Rahimi he’s not darker
Jeffrey Atwater
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October 14, 2016
"So, you all remember Ahmad Khan Rahimi, the guy who set off the bombs in New York and New Jersey?" Fat Mack was stuffing...
Fat Mack 'n the Boyz
Would You Hire Him?
Derek Drake
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August 31, 2016
"What's up, Uncle G?" I was on a quick lunch. The newspaper was busy. "Hey there, Scoops?" Uncle G peered over the top of the paper he was...
Fat Mack 'n the Boyz
Fat Mack sings: Deaf, unarmed, shot dead by police
Derek Drake
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August 24, 2016
People in the diner were singing something, but I couldn't tell what. The closer I got to the door, the louder it got, but...
Fat Mack 'n the Boyz
Crystal Meth and Krispy Kremes
Derek Drake
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August 5, 2016
"Yo, Mack!" I ran the last few feet to the diner door. "The police are outside looking for you," I said. "What?" Mack was about...
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