It may not come as much of a surprise, but the writers at The Washington Post are not the most hip hop savvy crew. Recently, one 90s hip hop deficient writer in particular reported that rap group Public Enemy accused 9/11 of being a joke in one of their earlier songs. The problem here, however, is that the song was recorded quite a few years before the date 9/11 was even significant.

Admitting their failing, The Washington Post immediately remedied the misunderstanding:

In light of this epic screw up, my friends at Twitter and I have compiled a list of misreported hip hop news and lyric corrections, that for years have been misunderstood by the folks at The Washington Post:

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