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Quote of the Day: As 50 Cent Would Say, 'That Ain't Gangsta'

Rapper 50 Cent would also note that you a wanksta, and you need to stop frontin'.

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What I find controversial is the Third Circuit’s adoption of Judge [Stanley] Chesler’s conclusion that there is one rule of law applicable to inner-city phrases and street language, and a different rule for language and phrases used by white people in the suburbs.

— Phil Chronakis, a lawyer who represented Shadrach Winstead at the trial court level in his copyright infringement case against rapper 50 Cent. The Third Circuit recently upheld the dismissal of Winstead’s complaint.

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