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Genius Cofounder Mahbod Moghadam Resigns After Elliot Rodger Comments
Mahbod Moghadam, co-founder of the popular lyrics site
Rap Genius, has resigned from the company's board of directors following controversial
Comments regarding the manifesto of Santa Barbara gunman
Elliot Rodger, 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."
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Elliot Rodger: Portrait of a Lonely Outcast Obsessed With Status
The company an**unced the departure in
a blog post 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.
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