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  President Obama (and Jay-Z) Defeat Hip-Hop Apathy

  November 8, 2012 – The only time I have ever felt afraid at a rap show was when Killer Mike performed at this year's Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina. It wasn't because of some vague but palpable criminal element often present at hip-hop events. And it wasn't the swarthy-bougie frat bros from nearby Chapel Hill using Mike's onstage energy as an excuse to knock some nerds around, either. …
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  Run This Town: 20 Musicians Who've Tried to Get Elected

  November 8, 2012 –  …
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  Triumphant: Mariah Carey Brings Obama Tribute Songs 'Home'

  November 7, 2012 – An election season rife with pop-music crossover moments is also, of course, ripe for election-themed music. With everything going on in America and abroad, President Barack Obama was asked at one point during the campaign to pick sides between supposedly feuding American Idol judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj. …
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  Let's Stay Together: On the Ground at Obama, Jay-Z, and Bruce Springsteen's Final Push

  November 6, 2012 – President Barack Obama's final campaign rally — the last time, win or lose, he will ever put himself before voters — wasn't even his highest-profile event of the day. That was earlier Monday, in Columbus, Ohio, where prominent supporter Jay-Z galvanized the audience with a brief performance that included a strategically modified version of "99 Problems" ("...and a Mitt ain't one"). Bruce Springsteen was there, too. …
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  Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen to Join Obama on Campaign's Final Day

  November 2, 2012 – The 2012 presidential election campaign will end, as it has bizarrely often been fought, in music. President Barack Obama will spend November 5, the last day before Election Day, with Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z, according to an announcement.Obama will start the day in Madison, Wisconsin, with Springsteen. The two will then be joined by Jay in Columbus, Ohio. …
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  Bruce Springsteen Unsurprisingly Endorses Barack Obama

  October 18, 2012 – Bruce Springsteen has practically common-law endorsed President Barack Obama already by now, but last night he made his reelection support official. …
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  Barack Obama Sides With Mariah Carey in Nicki Minaj 'American Idol' Debate

  October 16, 2012 – President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney square off tonight in the second of three Presidential debates, this time in a town hall-style forum. The AP cites administration officials who say special operations strike forces stand ready over Africa if called to respond to last month's attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya. …
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  Bruce Springsteen Will Campaign for Barack Obama After All

  October 15, 2012 – The Boss is teaming up with the Big Dog. Bruce Springsteen will join former President Bill Clinton to stump for President Barack Obama on October 18 in Parma, Ohio, and then will go on and campaign for Obama in Ames, Iowa, while Clinton stays in Ohio. …
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  Creed's Scott Stapp Plays an Undecided Voter on FOX

  October 2, 2012 – Who has been covering the crucial Creed beat? Why, FOX News, that's who! The last time the messianic post-grunge band released an album, 2009's Full Circle, a live performance on Fox & Friends came first. This morning, as Scott Stapp and his crew are readying their next album, Kid Rock's former sex tape partner made a return visit to the very hard-hitting music journalism program (via Gawker). …
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  Springsteen Steps Up Support for Marriage Equality

  October 2, 2012 – Bruce Springsteen is taking his commitment to marriage equality to the next level. …
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