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| | MiamiHerald.com | 07/10/2006 | Debunking a store-bought sense of self (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Cristal, you should know, is frequently referenced in rap lyrics as a synonym for the high life, for pimping and drug dealing your way into an existence where the women are always willing, the luxury cars always gassed up, the sheets always satin. |
 | | This prompted The Economist magazine to ask Frédéric Rouzaud, president of Champagne Louis Roederer, parent company of Cristal, whether it might hurt the brand's image to be associated with such a coarse, outlaw culture. |
 | | The rapper, who in his music has done as much as, or more than, anyone to position Cristal as hip-hop's bubbly of choice, issued a statement decrying Rouzaud's ''racist'' statement and calling for a boycott. |
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