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Community members joined #DontMuteDC to protest efforts to suppress the music that has played at a famed intersection for decades.

On the corner at the center of a battle for the District’s spirit, it’s back to business as usual.

For nearly a quarter-century, the MetroPCS store on the corner of Florida Avenue and 7th Street in Northwest kept residents and passersby alike jamming to the sounds of go-go, over time solidifying its status as a staple of authentic,…

A dispute over loud “go-go” music cranked for years from outside a cellphone store in D.C. was resolved Wednesday after attracting the attention of telecom mogul John Legere and Mayor Muriel Bowser.

The music that has played outside a Metro PCS location in D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood for 24 years is back on. The store is known among locals for playing go-go music on loud speakers during business hours, but it’s been quiet for the last…

By mid-day Wednesday, “Bustin’ Loose” was blaring out of the Shaw Metro PCS speakers, signaling that a decades-long D.C. tradition will continue.

For almost 25 years, the Metro PCS store at 7th Street and Florida Avenue NW in D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood has played go-go music on outdoor speakers.

On the corner of a District street named after “the Godfather of Go-Go,” passersby craned their heads Tuesday toward an electronics store known for pumping go-go’s distinct percussive funk into the open air.

“These people complaining? That’s like going to New Orleans and telling them to stop performing jazz in the streets."

"We're playing music outside too, and I would hate for us to be allowed and someone else not to be."

On a block called “Chuck Brown Way,” go-go music blasted through speakers on Monday evening.

For 24 years, Donald Campbell has been playing go-go music from his Metro PCS storefront in Shaw, at the corner of 7th Street and Florida NW. Until now.