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- ↑ "Hamé, du groupe de rap La Rumeur, relaxé". Le Monde (in French). 26 September 2008.
- ↑ Bennhold, Katrin (29 March 2003). "Rapper in France is acquitted of libeling the police". International Herald Tribune . Retrieved 26 December 2008.
- ↑ Davet., Gérard; Christine Garin (21 December 2008). "L'enquête sur Julien Dray embarrasse les socialistes". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 26 December 2008.
- ↑ "Julien Dray 'n'a rien à se reprocher', selon son avocat". Le Monde (in French). 19 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
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