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NJ.com
NJ.com
“Chief Rocka,” the signature hit for Newark-born rapper Dupré Kelly and his group Lords of the Underground, has been downloaded more than 40 million times on Spotify. If downloads were votes, that would be more than John F. Kennedy or any other U.S. president before him received. But downloading a hip-hop record is not the same thing as casting a ballot for a candidate you trust to spend your tax money and approve local laws you have to live under. And Kelly, 51, acknowledges that his popularity as a recording artist does not automatically translate into support from voters in Newark’s West Wa…