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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
wohali@timeloop.cafe wrote:
RIP Tom Lehrer, a man whose music helped me see through political bullshit when I was just a kid as clearly as seeing the craters on the Moon through a brand new telescope.
Wikipedia has a bunch of great stories about him. This one was new to me:
In 2012, rapper 2 Chainz sampled Lehrer's song "The Old Dope Peddler", on his 2012 debut album, Based on a T.R.U. Story. In 2013, Lehrer said he was "very proud" to have his song sampled "literally sixty years after I recorded it". Lehrer went on to describe his official response to the request to use his song: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"