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Rapper Vic Mensa swung by The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Wednesday night to discuss Justin Timberlake and the controversial comments he made during the 2016 BET Awards that sent Twitter aflame.

The roundtable, with Wilmore and show contributors Rory Albanese and Robin Thede, focused on cultural appropriation.

"Our problem here is Justin Timberlake himself is definitely benefiting from using black culture ... but if you roll down Justin Timberlake's Twitter for the past two years like I have, you see nothing that is supporting black when it's difficult," the rapper explained.  Read more...

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