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Underground album "Law & Order" will be officially released in mid December 2007. While he's got his fans getting ready for his album, he released a Pre-album CD entitled
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music. Bossman began his rapping career as a part of N.E.K (Northeast Kings) where he was known as "Jimmy Hash". The rap group gained a moderate level of popularity throughout
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Interscope. A music video for the song was then recorded by Sleeping Giant Media and directed by Gearie "The Grench" Bowman. It was released on August 26, 2008 on Sleeping Giant's
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