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- ↑ "Interview: Pivot Gang—Keeping It In The Family: Chicagoist". chicagoist.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
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- ↑ Moore, Evan; Struett, David. "Squeak, member of West Side hip-hop collective Pivot Gang, shot dead at 26". Chicago Su-Times. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- 1 2 Ruiz, Matthew Ismael (August 17, 2021). "Squeak, Producer and Member of Saba's Pivot Gang, Dies at 26". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ↑ "Remembering Pivot Gang Rapper John Walt, Gone at 24". DJBooth.
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