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Re:Annotation is now a web standard by echelon on Sunday February 26, 2017 @05:08PM (#13740266)
I'm on mobile, and all I'm getting are AMP links (ugh), but there are a lot of results when you google "Rap Genius controversy".

They tried dirty SEO tactics that Google ultimately punished them for, and their staff have made off-color remarks in the past. There's a lot more if you search for it.

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Re:Annotation is now a web standard by character0 on Monday February 27, 2017 @12:07PM (#13745731)
And they promptly fired Mahbod:

http://www.recode.net/2014/5/26/11627246/rap-genius-co-found...

Things at Genius have been pretty controversy-free since 2014.

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