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Lou Reed: The Artist on the Biz

Larry Jaffee, Medialine, March 2003

AT THE 45th annual Grammy Awards ceremony last month, Lou Reed was introduced by his co-presenter of the Best Pop Song category as a "true rock legend." That he is, albeit one who never won a Grammy for his music, although a documentary about him won a Grammy for Best Long-Form Video in 1998 and he was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 with his group the Velvet Underground.

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