Censorship is music goes back decades, centuries, millennia. And whenever someone says you can’t listen to something, you just want to hear it more. Meanwhile, though, the act of trying to censor something
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Today is my parents 65th wedding anniversary. Yay, mom and dad! I put together this round of music news for August 3, 2022, just for you. Chuck D’s hip-hop documentary Fight the Power
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Who better meets the moment and cuts through the noise than Chuck D? The influential rapper and one of the elder statesmen of the hip hop and social justice movement will be recognized
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Before get into music news for September 20, 2020, how can this pitch be legal? Coronavirus update 1: Some people are very pessimistic about much of the British music scene surviving through the
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Last week, much oxygen was expended on Kanye West’s alleged run for the US presidency. If you want to see exactly how crazy this idea is along with the sort of policies he’s
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September? Already? Sheesh. Here’s the music news for September 1. So why was Simpsons composer Alf Clausen fired? Kanye West is having trouble with his $10 million insurance claim with Lloyds of London.
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The airport protests against the Trump administration’s ban on refugees from seven Muslim-dominated countries has surprised many with their size and volume. Tom Morello and Chuck D of Prophets of Rage thought they’d
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Did Muhammad Ali invent rap? You can make a pretty solid argument that he did. Here’s what Public Enemy’s Chuck D has to say at The Undefeated. “Muhammad Ali appears frequently along the
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I’m seeing waaaaay too many billboards for vacation bible schools in front of churches. Can back to school sales be far behind? Here’s what I’ve found for music news for you today. George
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A sure sign of spring are the first announcements of what’s happened for Record Store Day. This year’s event is set for April 19 and Chuck D of Public Enemy has been selected
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