The New York State Senate on Tuesday passed a law that would make it much more difficult to submit rap lyrics in criminal trials. The bill, believed to be the first of its
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In November 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union issued a statement arguing that using rap lyrics as evidence during a criminal trial was a violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution of
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Would you drink this wine if you could afford it? Think about that and pour yourself a glass as you read music news for May 6, 2021. A good read: 10 hard and
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That’s one tiny moon. Here’s what I have for music news for February 28, 2020. Coronavirus update: Facebook has canceled its F8 Developers Conference. More bad news for R Kelly. Then again, he’s
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Wow. Some people, huh? Where have you been, lady? Let’s divert from that to music news for February 6, 2020. Juice WRLD may be dead, but his family is facing a US$300 million
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Back in the home office after two weeks. But I don’t know why I bothered to unpack because I’m gone again in another ten days. But let’s worry about that later. Here’s music
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Home from Asia after a 27 hour trip. Let the jetlag begin–but not before we tackle music news for November 16, 2019. Vladimir Putin’s favourite singer has been booked for a New Year’s
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Twenty-one years ago today, Google was founded. How long did it take before “google” became a verb? Moving on to music news for September 4, 2019… Canadian music sales and streaming stats vs.
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Eighty years ago today, a film called The Wizard of Oz premiered in Hollywood. Fifty years ago, the original Woodstock got going. It was reported like this. Moving to music news for August
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The speaking tour is over–for now, anyway–so I’m flying back home today. Let’s do this again. Meanwhile, here’s some music news for July 24, 2019. New Beastie Boys-branded Adidas sneakers. What is the
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How long do you think it’ll be before we see the first back to school flyers and commercials? I give it a week. Meanwhile, immerse yourself in music news for July 11, 2019.
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