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Justin Bieber singing Let It Be by The Beatles created huge controversy?

Pop music singer Justin Bieber rang in the New Year with a performance at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with hosts Dick Clark, Ryan Seacrest and Jenny McCarthy in Times Square in New York City. Among the other hits he sang, the Biebs did a cover of one of the most iconic rock bands in the history of the world. That’s right, he treated the audience to his 21st century rendition of the classic rock song “Let It Be” by The Beatles (backed up by Carlos Santana). But people were critical of him singing the song. It actually sparked the first music controversy of the 2012 year. Why did people think he was wrong to sing it? Keep Reading…

Carlos Santana immigration law rant at ball game hits home run?

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Carlos Santana immigration law rant at ballgame hits home run?

[May 16]

Going green as a Hollywood celebrity involved being more than eco friendly. It also includes a component of humanitarianism. Musician Carlos Santana showed he has good will game when he hit a home run with statements he made at a baseball game. In front of a crowd while winning an award, he voiced a very candid and spot on opinion about immigration law, knocking his point out of the park by making a great call. As a well-known and beloved Latin American performer, Carlos Santana was given the Beacon of Change award before the Atlanta Braves’ fifth annual Civil Rights Game on Sunday May 15. While the team focused on their game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Santana used the public speaking opportunity during his award acceptance speech to criticize both residents and politicians of Arizona and Georgia for their new immigration laws. Saying he represented illegal immigrants and was speaking out on behalf of them as well as legal immigrants like himself, the Grammy award-winning artist told the crowd at Turner field, “The people of Arizona, and the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.”