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- Calling Ford's muscle car an iconic, era-defining product on the order of Sony's Walkman or Apple's iPhone isn't a stretch.2013 December 16, Bill Saporito, “Ford Is Back in the Saddle with New Mustang”, in Time, retrieved 16 Jun 2014:
- Groundbreaking hip-hop producer Pete Rock says that Nas hasn’t paid him a cent in royalties for his work on the rapper’s era-defining double-platinum album “Illmatic”.2022 January 11, Oli Coleman, “Legendary hip-hop producer Pete Rock set to sue Nas over ‘Illmatic’ royalties”, in Page Six, retrieved 12 Jan 2022: