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VIDEO: Watch T.I.'s tribute to Shawty Lo at Many Rivers to Cross

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By Jennifer Brett
Oct 2, 2016

The AJC has a number of reporters at Many Rivers to Cross , a two-day festival organized by Harry Belafonte's group Sankofa.org. Check out the coverage so far here . Among the highlights so far:  T.I.'s tribute to Shawty Lo, whose funeral was held yesterday. My colleague Jewel Wicker posted video the clip below.

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