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7. Did JD Vance steal his idea of Hillbilly Elegy from Dwight Yoakam's song

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2024, 04:31 PM

Jul 2024

Readin', Rightin' and Rt.23. Dwight was also a boy from Kentucy raised in Ohio that wrote about going back home to
Kentucy to see his grandparents on weekends. Could this be sort of like plagiarism?

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