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Dallas Hip-Hop: Swagger Like Us
Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months
By Pete Freedman
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A lawyer has taken the city's red-light camera operator to court for mailing him a ticket. He says the company can't actually do any law enforcing since, well, it's not a law-enforcement agency.
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Dallas Hip-Hop: Swagger Like Us
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