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Is Father's Day getting more respect? Depends on who you ask
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FILE - A sign advertises Father's Day gifts as a shopper buys building materials in the background at Atlanta Home Depot store, June 8 , 2006. - photo by AP Photo/John Bazemore, File
Is Father’s Day starting to get a little more attention as a holiday? Not if you check some social media. In an expletive-filled post on TikTok and X, rapper Plies, best known for his collaborations with T-Pain and DJ Khaled on hits “Shawty” and “I'm So Hood,” complains about how Father’s Day on Sunday carries about as much clout as Groundhog Day, saying it might as well be removed from the calendar.