His albums include Tha Block Is Hot, Tha Carter and Tha Carter II.

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Plastic foam cups that keep drinks hot would also be on the chopping block if Bloomberg's citywide ban becomes law.

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What advice would those already in the hot seat give to the newest dean on the block?

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Or, most stirringly, far from the block they shared, at adjacent bookstalls in Union Square on a hot Saturday noon, where they honored the strangeness of detecting each other so far afield with a curt nod.

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