The following article is the first half and last paragraph of an article that was taken from the Michigan Citizen of Highland Park, Mi. in the issue dated from January 16 to January 22,2000.

Former KKK Leader gets into Rap

BATON ROUGE, LA- Daid Duke, former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan of America, recently announced a business agreement with jailed music executive Marion "Suge" Knight. Knight, CEO of Death Row Records, has reportedly been in contact with Duke for several weeks. Knight, who is Black, was heralded as " a positive role model for Americans of all races, " by Duke during a news conference with Death Row representives. The former Louisiana State Representative declared that he is expanding his business enterprises into music.

Although his other business have failed miserably, Duke claims that he has a firm grasp of the complexities of the popular music scene.

""I can get jiggy with it," Duke announced to chuckling journalists. "I know the dilio,yo." Death Row records, once a powerhouse, had, between 1995 and 1998, lost its leading gangsta rap acts Dr. Dre, Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dogg. Many observers have considered the company moribund for months.

Hoping to capitalize on the southern base of Duke's company, Death Row anticipates a solid challenge to New Orleans-based No Limit and Cash Money record companies.

When asked about his racist past and his relationship with Death Row, Duke declared that there are many "player haters" who don't appreciate the importance of financial opportunity. "It's not Black or white. Sometimes its green," he mused. "I am still white and proud. But Ialso need to feed my children." Suge Knight. who is serving an eight-year sentence in a California prison for parole violation. stated through his spokesman, that "I love Black people. I am proud to be Black. This venture demonstrates that we can all just get along like Rondey King wanted for us all.