( 4UMF NEWS ) Tyga Explains Album Recall:
Just days before Tyga’s anticipated Careless World album drops, word got out that the album would be recalled due to a sample from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that did not get clearance.
Careless World , which leaked online last week, was released yesterday anyway.
Tyga explains what actually happened:
Check out the review for Tyga’s YMCMB debut here .
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[Adolphus C. Hailstork; African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol II. Epitaph for a Man who Dreamed - In Memoriam: Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. (1929-1968) (7:37); An American Port of Call (8:32); Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, Conductor; Cedille 90000 061 (2002)]
Adolphus C. Hailstork (b. 1941) is featured at AfriClassical.com . John
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The Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. , often called Martin Luther King Day, is a United States holiday honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., observed on the third Monday of January each year