Several videos purporting to be from Gangster Disciple members in several states -- including Georgia, North Carolina and Florida -- appeared on YouTube late last year demanding that Ross pay a fee to them for his use of the Star of David, which they claim as a gang symbol, and a reference to one of their founders in his music and marketing.

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Merlijn Twaalfhoven (Netherlands), composer and musician, has started some exceptional projects in Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Syria and the Netherlands, using music to create links and thus serving as a symbol of peace.

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This work is in itself a symbol of the continuing pattern of musical-political intrigue that has so often dogged music in France.

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