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Here’s Jimmy McMillan’s Incredible Song About an ‘Outhouse Specialist’ Named HamBone

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Daniel Hoffman

Since we last admired the musical stylings of Rent Is Too Damn High candidate Jimmy McMillan, he’s pumped out soulful tunes about having just 50…

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Jimmy McMillan Wants to Eat Your Cookie

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Daniel Maurer

Mayoral also-ran Jimmy McMillan has always been concerned about world hunger (“not only is the rent too damn high, the food is too damn high,” he recently…

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Are Jimmy McMillan’s New Jams Kind of Amazing, or Are We Too Damn High?

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Daniel Maurer

Sure, de Blasio filled three top slots yesterday, but that’s not half as exciting his runner-up’s three new jams. Jimmy McMillan snagged less than 2,000…

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‘Rent Is Too Damn High’ Guy Has Released a Funky Little Housing Court Jam

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Daniel Maurer

Now that Jimmy McMillan, founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High party, has achieved even more fame as a music video star, why wouldn’t…

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Jimmy McMillan Couldn’t Stop the Rent From Going Even Damn Higher

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Anna Silman

The rents just got even damn higher

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