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S2 Bonus 4 - "CIAin't Kiddin'"

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The US's Use of Hip Hop in the Middle East

The State Department began using hip hop as a tool in the mid-2000s. The program was modeled on the jazz diplomacy initiative of a Cold War era. Hillary Clinton's State Department spoke openly about, quote, hip hop diplomacy. And that legacy brings us to our current era and our current subject of Cuba.

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