Paul van Dyk Attacks Madonna's 'Molly' Reference

Paul van Dyk performs at Pacha in New York.

Electronic dance music star Paul van Dyk has told Billboard that Madonna's drug reference in her appearance at the Ultra Music Festival last weekend is "the biggest mistake of her career." The pop star made a surprise cameo at the event to introduce headliner Avicii, asking the audience "How many people in this crowd have seen Molly?," a slang term for seeking ecstasy.

"I don't think she was thinking much," the producer said. "The only thing she was probably thinking was, 'I need to connect with a young crowd,' and she made the biggest mistake of her career." Van Dyk echoed the sentiment of fellow EDM star Deadmau5, who attacked the singer in a series of tweets earlier this week. "Madonna was so stupid to actually call out drug abuse in front of a crowd of 18-year-olds," says van Dyk. "This is not what our music is about. It's really counterproductive."

Madonna responded to Deadmau5 on Twitter, insisting that she does not support drug use and claiming the comment was actually a reference to the song "Have You Seen Molly" by Cedric Gervais, with whom she wanted to work on her latest album, MDNA.

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Paul van Dyk Attacks Madonna's 'Molly' Reference

Paul van Dyk performs at Pacha in New York.

Electronic dance music star Paul van Dyk has told Billboard that Madonna's drug reference in her appearance at the Ultra Music Festival last weekend is "the biggest mistake of her career." The pop star made a surprise cameo at the event to introduce headliner Avicii, asking the audience "How many people in this crowd have seen Molly?," a slang term for seeking ecstasy.

"I don't think she was thinking much," the producer said. "The only thing she was probably thinking was, 'I need to connect with a young crowd,' and she made the biggest mistake of her career." Van Dyk echoed the sentiment of fellow EDM star Deadmau5, who attacked the singer in a series of tweets earlier this week. "Madonna was so stupid to actually call out drug abuse in front of a crowd of 18-year-olds," says van Dyk. "This is not what our music is about. It's really counterproductive."

Madonna responded to Deadmau5 on Twitter, insisting that she does not support drug use and claiming the comment was actually a reference to the song "Have You Seen Molly" by Cedric Gervais, with whom she wanted to work on her latest album, MDNA.

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Hacker Group Attacks RIAA, Department of Justice Websites

The hacker group Anonymous has taken credit for disabling the websites of the Department of Justice, the RIAA, Universal Music Group and others in the wake of the file-sharing site Megaupload being shut down yesterday.

"It was in retaliation for Megaupload, as was the concurrent attack on Justice.org," Anonymous operative Barrett Brown reportedly told British website RT yesterday. @AnonOps later announced "Recording Industry Association of America - Department of Justice - Universal Music - all TT, all TANGO DOWN. " in a tweet, declaring the action to be the largest attack ever by Anonymous.

@YourAnonNews, another Twitter associated with the hacker movement, wrote, "Let's just say, for #SOPA supporters their #SOPAblackout is today," referring to Wednesday's protest, in which several sites including Wikipedia shut down as a response to the SOPA and PIPA bills in Congress.

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