Former Rapper Shyne Elected to Belize's House of Representatives

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Former Rapper Shyne Elected to Belize's House of Representatives

Former Bad Boy rapper, Moses Barrow, better known to the hip-hop world as Shyne, has been elected to his native Belize's House of Representatives.

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