Who says Mayor Nutter has all the charisma of Steve Urkel? Here's a clip of Mike rocking the mic, throwing down the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight," with ?uestlove on the wheels of steel. He stumbles at the start, but it's smooth sailing thereafter, with that wonkish memory coming in handy as he spits the nearly 3000 words of rhyme. And let us now praise the Mayor's interpretative skills: In the artist formerly known as Councilman Nutter's hands, the protean 1979 rap hit becomes an anthem of populist inclusion: " See, I am Wonder Mike, and I'd like to say hello/To the black, to the white, the red, and the brown, the purple and yellow ...."
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