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♪ Bawitdaba da bang da bang diggy diggy diggy ♪
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♪ Shake the boogie said up jump the boogie ♪
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♪ Bawitdaba ♪
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The White House is ready to "Bawitdaba",
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by the sound of reports that Kid Rock
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will be the latest guest at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
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on Thursday for President Donald Trump's signing
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of the Music Modernization Act.
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♪ Keep moving on ♪
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♪ And only God knows why ♪
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Per those same sources,
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Rock will join Kanye West at the ceremony,
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as well as Recording Academy President and CEO Neil Portnow,
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among others.
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The signing is scheduled to take place
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at 11:45 a.m. local time, and will, quote,
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"Create a blanket mechanical license
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"and a centralized system to administer it,
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"while changing some considerations used
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"in setting music publishing rates."
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Rock last paid Trump a visit last year at the White House,
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appearing alongside fellow rocker Ted Nugent
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during the president's first 100 days in office.
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Billboard has reached out
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to Rock and Kanye's teams for comment,
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but have not heard back as of the taping of this episode.
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♪ Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long ♪
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For more, you can head to billboard.com,
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and until next time for Billboard News, I'm Kevan Kenney.