Taking Sides: Outkast Vs. Rosa Parks

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pretty unbelievable.

― Felcher (Felcher), Monday, 8 December 2003 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, it's ridiculous but not unbelievable; this has been in the pipeline for something like 3 years now.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 8 December 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

if mike piazza, new york catcher, were to file a friend-of-the-court brief in this case, which side would he be on?

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 8 December 2003 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Rosa Parks

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 8 December 2003 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Rosa's early stuff was good, but her last couple seem kind of phoned in.

― David Allen, Monday, 8 December 2003 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

This is why cultural icons need to die young.

― dieblucasdie (dieblucasdie), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)

"The album by rap recording artists Kenny Edmonds and Antonio Reid has sold more than two million copies and the song enjoyed long-lasting success on the Billboard charts."

I always wondered why Antwan Patton and Andre Benjamin seemed so familiar...

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

What a bizarre error.

I hope they follow it up with an article identifying all four members of the Beatles as "George Martin."

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

or revealing that they're all George Foreman's sons, all named George Foreman

― bad jode (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

WHAT DID THAT BITCH EVER DO CEPT SIT ON HER ASS

― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 05:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I know she was just an uppity trouble-maker all along.

― Trent Lott (rockistscientist), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

Medical records: Rosa Parks has dementia
Health of civil rights figure released in defamation hearing
DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- Civil rights figure Rosa Parks has had dementia since at least 2002, according to medical records released as part of a legal fight over a hip-hop song titled with her name.
Parks' relatives claim she never would have agreed to the lawsuit if she had understood it. The lawsuit filed by lawyers on her behalf says the OutKast song "Rosa Parks" defamed her and used her name without permission.
The medical records, which a judge ordered released Monday, show a doctor's note indicated that Parks, 91, suffered from "progressive dementia," or severe mental impairment. The notes were shared with another doctor in October 2002, but the records don't show when they were written or when she was diagnosed, the Detroit Free Press reported Thursday.
Parks' guardian, former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, opposed releasing the medical records, saying they were private. The judge appointed Archer since Parks' family was questioning her well-being and understanding of the lawsuit.
"I'm not a doctor, but I know, dementia or not, my auntie would never, ever go to this length to hurt some young artists trying to make it in the world," said Rhea McCauley, Parks' niece. "As a family, our fear is that during her last days Auntie Rosa will be surrounded by strangers trying to make money off of her name."
Parks gained a place in history for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. Her arrest triggered a 381-day bus boycott by blacks organized by a then little-known Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The song, though titled "Rosa Parks," is about the entertainment industry. Its chorus goes, "Ah, ha, hush that fuss, everybody move to the back of the bus."
Parks' lawyer first sued OutKast and record company BMG in 1999. A judge dropped OutKast as a defendant, and Parks' lawyers in August sued several record and distribution companies and stores that sold the song.

Defense attorneys for the record companies had requested that Parks testify in the case. However, Parks' lawyer said she could not because of her physical and mental state.

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Friday, 14 January 2005 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

The song, though titled "Rosa Parks," is about the entertainment industry. Its chorus goes, "Ah, ha, hush that fuss, everybody move to the back of the bus."

Clearly this would have been a better story if they'd included the rest of the chorus, " Do you wanna bump and skrump with us, we the type of people make the club get crunk."

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Friday, 14 January 2005 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

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