This is easily the best thing I've read on the whole Imus/Hip-Hop "controversy." I wish I had written it.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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2 comments:
Thanks for sharing that column. I thought it was pretty good. I have always been a fan of good music that lifts people up, rather than music (?!)that pushes them down.
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