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Chuck Berry and Drake: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing

Highlights from seven days of reading about arts and entertainment
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine | “ will be a coda to a career that's already legend, but it may also confirm a simple truth about Chuck Berry’s art: He didn’t change his music but he did adapt with the times. He wound up documenting his era and, in turn, created the idealized version of 20th century America, from coast to shining coast. He captured all the gilded glory of the terrain, the inventions, and the people while also hinting at the darkness that

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