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Kendrick Lamar’s hit single “Not Like Us” is a diss toward fellow rap star Drake and his inner circle. But one Illinois politician is taking the song to a whole new civic level — using the phrase to try to highlight the contrast between Democrats and Republicans this election. WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel reports the state’s attorney general – Kwame Raoul – is making a habit of churning political metaphors out of Lamar’s lyrics. HOST: LARA