Rap Genius co-founder out after annotating alleged killer's manifesto

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Rap Genius co-founder out after annotating alleged killer's manifesto
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Perhaps for his next business venture, Rap Genius co-founder Mahbod Moghadam will create an app that alerts you before you compliment an alleged mass murderer on his eloquent turn of phrase.

Moghadam is leaving Rap Genius — a site that lets users add their own interpretations to song lyrics and documents — after he annotated the manifesto written by Elliot Rodger, who police say killed six people and injured 13 in Santa Barbara on Friday. In the section where Rodger discusses his teenage sister and her sex life, Moghadam wrote "MY GUESS: his sister is smokin hot." In two other spots, he noted that he found Rodger's sentences "beautifully written."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.