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Electronic music wouldn’t be the sprawling powerhouse it is today without Krafttwerk’s influence, and hip-hop owes an equivalent debt to Scott-Neron. Ne was rapping truth to power since 1970 when his debut album, , opened with the now-celebrated The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, a track which, despite containing dozens of cultural references specific to the era, somehow seems more and more eerily prescient as time presses on. Being included with Patton on this year’s honours list

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