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2000

Following the launch of Metallica’s legal case against the popular online file-sharing service Napster, Chuck D of Public Enemy and Lars Ulrich of Metallica appear on The Charlie Rose Show, where they debated whether MP3 downloading is a vehicle for piracy or a return of power to the people.

1998

Lenny Kravitz released his fifth studio album, aptly titled 5. The album featured his first Grammy Award-winning hit, “Fly Away.”

Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away
REMASTERED IN HD!Official video of Lenny Kravitz performing Fly Away from the album 5. Buy It Here: http://smarturl.it/5nacob Lenny Kravtiz won a Grammy Awa…

1984

Lionel Richie’s “Hello,” a song inspired by his younger years when he was too shy to talk to the ladies, shot to #1 in America.

Lionel Richie – Hello (Official Music Video)
REMASTERED IN HD!Lionel Richie is a drama professor falling for a blind student and, just when he thinks she’ll never know his feelings, he discovers she “se…

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