Rap Genius Cofounder Mahbod Moghadam Resigns After Elliot Rodger Comments

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Rap Genius Cofounder Mahbod Moghadam Resigns After Elliot Rodger Comments
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Mahbod Moghadam, co-founder of the popular lyrics site Rap Genius (http://mashable.com/category/rap-genius/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), has resigned from the company's board of directors following controversial comments regarding the manifesto of Santa Barbara gunman Elliot Rodger (http://mashable.com/2014/05/24/santa-barbara-shootings/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), according to a report.

Maghadam wrote a ****** of an**tations on a version of Rodger's tome uploaded to Rap Genius, stating that parts were "beautifully written" and saying that he guessed Rodger's sister was "smoking hot."

See also: Elliot Rodger: Portrait of a Lonely Outcast Obsessed With Status (http://mashable.com/2014/05/25/elliot-rodger-profile/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


The company an**unced the departure in a blog post (http://news.rapgenius.com/Lemon-a-statement-about-mahbods-an**tations-on-elliot-rodgers-manifesto-an**tated) on its site

"In light of this, Mahbod has resigned — both in his capacity as an employee of the company, and as a member of our board of directors, effective immediately," Tom Lehman, co-founder & CEO of Rap Genius, wrote in the post. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/26/rap-genius-co-founder-mahbod-moghadam-fired-after-elliot-rodger-comments/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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