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Nov. 28, 2012 12:12AM EST

Audio: Sarkodie 'Illuminati' [Download]

Now you have a chance to download new Sarkodie track "Illuminati" by the Ghanaian star rapper. The new Sarkodie jam just dropped.

Now you have a chance to download new Sarkodie track"Illuminati" by the Ghanaian star rapper.  Hear the new Sarkodie jam as he spits in twi, at one point reaching a tongue-twisting lightning speed, over big synthesizers on the Magnom-produced beat. Hear and download the new Sarkodie track below.

Sarkodie "Illuminati":

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