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[Link] Wu-Tang Clan Producer Suing NYPD After Wrongfully Spending 4 Years in Rikers

Read: 3/3/2022 www.vice.com

Former Wu-Tang Clan producer “True Master” spent four years at Rikers Island after being falsely accused of a rape that DNA evidence proved he didn’t commit. Now, he wants justice—with the help of star civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

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[Link] Spotify’s attempt to use the Facebook playbook over Joe Rogan won’t wash

Read: 6/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

Two decades ago, the late and much-lamented David Bowie said something that was eerily prophetic. “Music itself,” he observed, “is going to become like running water or electricity.

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[Link] Drake withdraws his two 2022 Grammy nominations

Read: 8/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

Drake has decided to withdraw his two Grammy nominations.

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[Link] Omicron, the Death Metal Band, Would Like to Clarify a Few Things.

Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com

Let’s cut to the chase. There’s a death metal band in Belgium that, as of last week, shares its name with a coronavirus variant. But unlike the World Health Organisation, they were “totally not” influenced by the Greek alphabet. 

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[Link] Australian TV reporter Matt Doran gives lengthy on-air apology after he ‘insulted’ Adele

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Australian TV reporter Matt Doran has made a lengthy, unreserved apology to Adele for failing to listen to her new album before an exclusive interview with the singer, calling the bungle a “terrible mistake”.

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[Link] RIAA Takes Down Popular Music Piracy Discord Over Adele ’30’ Leak

Read: 24/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

A popular Discord server specializing in music piracy has been taken down by the RIAA. Sources inside the RipRequests community suggest the problem stemmed from a pre-release leak of Adele's new '30' album.

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[Link] Adele Reportedly Denies Ch7 Access To Footage Of Interview It Paid $1M For After Journo’s Snub

Read: 22/11/2021 www.pedestrian.tv

Oopsie, ballad queen Adele (via Sony) has reportedly denied Channel Seven access to footage of an interview it paid $1M for after their reporter admitted to the artist he hadn’t heard of the very album he was flown to London to interview her about.

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[Link] Rapper Young Dolph shot dead while buying cookies

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Rapper Young Dolph, who was widely admired in the hip-hop community for his authenticity and fierce independence, has been shot dead at a cookie shop in the US city of Memphis, Tennessee.

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[Link] Why Music Drives Us to Mayhem

Read: 15/11/2021 www.nytimes.com

Mr. Ayers is a musician, writer and the U.S. head of the British record label 4AD. His memoir will be published by Viking in 2022.

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[Link] Kanye West condemns #MeToo movement as ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four mind control’

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Kanye West has condemned the #MeToo movement that has spoken out against sexual assault in the entertainment industry and beyond, describing it as “mob mentality … Nineteen Eighty-Four mind control”.

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[Link] Trump Invokes Presidential ‘Absolute Immunity’ in Electric Avenue Copyright Suit

Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

Last month, lawyers acting for Donald Trump failed to have a court dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by musician Eddy Grant over the unlicensed use of his track Electric Avenue in a campaign video.

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[Link] Mac Miller’s Drug Supplier Admits to Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Pills

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Stephen Andrew Walter—one of three men charged in connection with Miller’s death—agreed to a plea deal Monday, according to court documents filed in federal court in the Central District of California.

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[Link] R. Kelly Allegedly Forced a Woman to Have Sex as “Punishment”

Read: 24/8/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The woman, who is identified as Jane Doe 5 in court documents, testified on both Monday and Tuesday in New York court, Vulture reported.

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[Link] The World Is a Mess, But the Juggalos Still Have Each Other

Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com

Nothing could dim the spirit at this year’s Gathering of the Juggalos, as fiercely loyal ICP fans reunited in cathartic celebration. There are few subcultures that rely on their community more than Juggalos.

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[Link] R Kelly accuser describes physical abuse from singer when she was 16

Read: 20/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

A key accuser at the R Kelly sex-trafficking trial returned to the witness stand on Thursday, saying he often videotaped their sexual encounters and demanded she dress like a Girl Scout during a relationship that began when she was a minor.

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[Link] Cardi B Is the Queen of Features That Break The Internet

Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com

Cardi B is no stranger to breaking the internet. She’s more than capable of dominating the conversation herself, as she did when she stood atop two exotic dancers on a stripper pole in 2018’s “Money,” or when she shared that questionable three-way kiss in “Up” at the height of COVID-19.

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[Link] DaBaby Could Still Get Paid by the Festivals That Dropped Him

Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com

Seven major music festivals have now cut DaBaby from their lineups after the rapper went on a homophobic rant at Rolling Loud in Miami last week, then immediately doubled down, spouting off comments that were arguably even more offensive than what he said at first.

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[Link] Does Canceling DaBaby's Shows Actually Help Hip-Hop's Homophobia Issue?

Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com

DaBaby is the most talked about rapper this week, and unfortunately, the commotion has nothing to do with new music.

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[Link] Britney Spears’ Dad Tried to Cancel Her Vacation, Lawyer Says

Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Britney Spears doesn’t want to wait to kick her dad out of the conservatorship that’s controlled her life since 2008. At this point, the pop star says, it’s a matter of saving her mental health—and her finances.

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[Link] Founding Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison dies aged 46

Read: 30/7/2021 www.abc.net.au

Joey Jordison, the founding drummer of heavy metal band Slipknot, has died aged 46. Slipknot's website and social media pages went dark after the news.

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