Letter to the Editor: Three 6 Mafia song has ‘no place as an anthem for a leader’
Paul Young gives his victory speech at Minglewood Hall Oct. 5. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
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Cindy Hazen of Memphis writes in an opinion letter: “Songs that glamorize Glocks, slurs against women, murder and drug dealing have no place being an anthem for a leader of a city that’s drowning in violence.”
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