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'Pale Kid Raps Fast' Exclusive Video Interview

LOS ANGELES (CBS )For the past three years, 24-year-old George Watsky has been touring the country performing at schools, conferences, cafes and basically any place where people would listen to him.

He was even featured on Season 6 of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO. Well, he recently stumbled upon on a much bigger audience.

On Jan. 17, he uploaded "Pale Kid Raps Fast" to YouTube, and in just 72 hours the speed rapping video has accumulated over one million views. That number continues to grow exponentially by the minute.

I stopped by the recent Emerson College graduate's home in Los Angeles, where he gave me his thoughts on this sudden YouTube fame, recent comparisons to Eminem and his hopes to catapult this into a long-term career as a performer.

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