KEEP IT TO YOURSELF: PERMISSION TO ROCK DENIED, or, EXCUSE MY FRENCH

The popular practice of pinching pop tunes for political purposes — without permission. Why are Jay-Z and Kanye West laughing?  My guess is they’re in hysterics over new French president François Hollande’s use of their song “Niggas in Paris” in this year’s election.  To date, the zillionaire rappers haven’t objected to the appropriation of their

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