T-Mobile $TMUS CEO John Legere says music will resume playing on the street outside a Metro PCS store in Washington DC, which was forced to go silent after complaints from a nearby luxury condo.
Donald Campbell, the owner of the Metro PCS in DC’s Shaw neighborhood for 24 years, told DCist he got a message from T-Mobile to stop playing music through oversized speakers due to a threat of a lawsuit. (T-Mobile acquired Metro PCS in 2012.)
“I’ve looked into this issue myself and the music should NOT stop in D.C.!” Legere said on Twitter $TWTR.
Legere’s decision follows protests earlier this week and social media support with the #DontMuteDC hashtag. DC mayor Muriel Bowser and other prominent Washingtonians called for the music to resume.
The fracas between the cellphone store and its condo neighbors became a potent symbol. The go-go genre has long been part of the urban soundtrack for many black DC residents, even as the nation’s capital became the most gentrified city (paywall) in the United States.
T-Mobile and Metro PCS “are proud to be part of the Shaw community – the music will go on and our dealer will work with the neighbors to compromise volume,” Legere said in his tweet.
