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Harvard says nizzo
to Snoop Dogg

Objections over rapper's
lyrics on slapping women

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updated 11:48 a.m. ET April 16, 2005

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Snoop Dogg won’t be going to Harvard.

Nothing to do with SATs. Instead, the university’s Undergraduate Council has reversed plans to have the rap star visit for a show next month.

Some Harvard students had objected to the appearance, citing lyrics on Snoop Dogg’s latest album about slapping women to keep them under control.

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But a short statement by the council makes no mention of that. It attributes the dis-invitation to financial considerations and unavoidable obstacles.

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