In documentary All Up in the Biz, director Sacha Jenkins looks back on the career the eccentric Clown Prince of Hip-HopWhen the future director Sacha Jenkins was growing up in Astoria, Queens, he was enthralled by a New York rapper who constituted a jo...
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Michigan-born singer-songwriter whose improbable career was detailed in 2012 Oscar-winning documentary has diedRodriguez, the singer-songwriter whose unlikely career was the subject of Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died at 81.T...
Canadian musician was found guilty last year for three felonies related to the shooting which injured the rapper in the footMusician Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for the shooting of fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion in 2020...
In a written statement, Megan said she has “not experienced a single day of peace” since the shooting.
There are some things that money and fame (and maybe a dash of NIMBYism) apparently can’t touch. For Steph Curry, that’s apparently the emo kid within him, the one that is sure society and the people he knows doesn’t get him. The vapidness around him a...
“I never intended to publicly comment.”
Turn it out for a legend.
Thousands of people turned out for the funeral procession for Sinéad O’Connor in Ireland. People lined the seafront of Bray, County Wicklow, the town the singer had called home, with flowers, candles and banners. O’Connor’s family had invited the publi...
Crowds pack seafront in Bray, County Wicklow, to bid farewell to singer and celebrate her lifeThe crowd started gathering before sunrise, some coming to grieve Sinéad O’Connor’s death, others to celebrate her life, and all wanting to say goodbye.By mid...
The sisterhood of female rappers is wonderfully celebrated in Hannah Beachler’s star-studded documentary. But glossing over the industry’s much darker side is a missed opportunityBy many metrics, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop – its origin ...