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By Jessica Heasley
Thursday, October 8, 2015

Pepsi has aligned itself in the past with music icons like Michael Jackson, Ray Charles and Britney Spears. But never with everyday people. To keep its music tie-ins moving to the beat, it sponsored the…

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