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VIDEO: Class President's Rap Highlights Graduation

Mike Fischer's initially banned song parody is the hit of the ceremony.

Class of 2010 President Mike Fisher's much-debated graduation "speech" was the big highlight of the 2010 Patchogue-Medford High School Graduation Friday.

The performance took the melody of the popular Jay Z and Alicia Keys song, "Empire State of Mind," and re-arranged the lyrics to fit a reflection of his four years at the school, starting with freshman year through to senior prom.  

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