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A snowman made of another kind of powder
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Daily Breeze
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November 5, 2005
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NEW YORK -- One of the hottest-selling T-shirts around the country
shows a simply drawn snowman with a menacing expression.
It's not Frosty's evil twin. The image popularized by drug-dealer-
turned-rapper Young Jeezy symbolizes those who sell a white substance
known on the street as snow: cocaine.
Anti-drug campaigners and education officials are alarmed, saying
the T-shirt and others like it are part of sophisticated marketing
campaigns using coded symbols for drug culture that parents and
teachers are not likely to understand. Some schools are banning the
snowman images.
Young Jeezy's hit debut album, "Let's Get It: Thug Motivation
101," peaked ...
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