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The Incarceration Will Not Be Televised
07/10/06
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(Gigwise) Musical pioneer Gil Scott-Heron has been sent to prison for between two and four years after breaking the conditions of a plea deal on drugs charges.

The musician and poet, who rose to fame for penning such social-conciousness anthems as The Revolution Will Not Be Televised in the seventies, had been ordered to attend an in-patient drug patient centre after being tried on drugs charges in 2001. [see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story

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