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Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that.

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Chuck D
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 1
Composer
Journalist
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New York City
New York
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
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