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Getting Real

Peanut is from North Philly - down around 33rd, he says. He hangs out on South Street. He shops at City Blue. He argues with crackheads, gets fellated by women he's known for only minutes and robs other hustlers with his beloved puppet-sized .38.

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Posted: Thu, May. 10, 2012, 12:00 AM

Getting Real

Meet Peanut, the raunchy North Philly gangsta puppet with a secret.

Cassie Owens

City Paper

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