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It remains unclear who authorized the removal and if Patti Smith was involved in the decision.
Vulture has reached out to Smiths reps for comment.
N- - - - - no invented for color it was MADE FOR THE PLAGUE, she wrote.
Smith defended the use of the slur, which was controversial even when the song when was released.
As late at 1996, shesaidshe was sort of reinventing the word by using it in the track.
