Bizzy Bone Cleared

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On Monday, January 25th, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's Bizzy Bone was found not to be guilty of assault and disorderly conduct in Columbus, Ohio. Bizzy, who had allegedly dragged a barber school student down a flight of stairs for spreading rumors about him, was found innocent after four days of testimony. The defense maintained that Bizzy's bodyguards, who were not charged, were responsible for most of the injuries inflicted upon the complainant, Terrance Harden, and that Bizzy was only minorly involved in his physical abuse. Harden's lawyer, Robert Caplan, says they still intend on filing a civil suit against the rapper and his bodyguards.

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“Karma Chameleon”

Culture Club | 1983

Boy George has said this song was about standing by what you believe in. However, at the time, he was involved in a secret affair with Culture Club drummer Jon Moss. "Now people can understand the songs better," he said. "They were written about my relationship with Jon, and they were also written about being a gay man in a homophobic world." The lines "If I listen to your lies, would you say/I'm a man without conviction/I'm a man who doesn't know how to sell a contradiction," described his life at the time, he said. "I was selling this big lie."

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