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Two rappers have been jailed for using an internet song to try to scare off witnesses to the murder of a 24-year-old man in Ealing, west London.

[The lyrics included:] “I can't wait for the snitch to drop, I still show up at his wake just to see him off”.

Old Bailey Judge Richard Hone said the lyrics meant: “Those who went chitter-chattering to police were themselves in danger of being shot.” [BBC]

I demand that from now on all rap lyrics be translated by members of the British judiciary.

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[chiller.livejournal.com]

Perfect. It has weirdly reminded me of my paternal grandfather's ability to turn any pop song - punk - abba - disco - you name it - into 20's ragtime, by singing it. He didn't mean to, but that was sort of where his internal popular music clock had stopped.