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From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images There was a time when artists ...
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LL Cool J To Receive Entertainment Icon Award At 2022 Urban One Honors
Hip-Hop icon LL Cool J will be among those recognized for their contributions to the culture at the annual Urban One Honors being ... time Grammy Award and NAACP Image Award-winning rapper and ...
DEI May be Under Attack, but Alicia Keys and the Grammys Celebrated it | WATCH
Kendrick Lamar became one of the most celebrated hip-hop artists Sunday with his five Grammy wins, including two of the night ...
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They were pushed out of their historic neighborhoods by urban renewal ... There are group and private classes in jazz, piano, hip-hop and Mexican dance, a nod to the Iron Triangle’s influx ...
Odeal Always Searched for Music That Spoke to His Soul — So He Curated His Own Soulful Fusion of Afrobeats and R&B
Odeal hasn’t stuck to one lane during his entire artistic journey. The 25-year-old artist was born in Germany and raised in Spain, the U.K. and Nigeria before settling down in the U.K. when he was 17, ...
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‘LOWER’: Benjamin Booker’s first album in eight years feels like he never left
Booker highlights the stigma that people from (presumably) inner-city or otherwise “urban” backgrounds have ... With a relaxed production that almost sounds like lo-fi hip-hop, Booker’s voice is front ...
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"Reggae is more freeform than the blues. But more important, reggae is for everyone": Bob Marley and the Wailers' Catch a Fire, track-by-track
"Reggae is more freeform than the blues. But more important, reggae is for everyone – and we hope we can help everyone with ...
"It wasn’t the sound we wanted to make": Former Verve guitarist Nick McCabe talks Britpop and inspiration
I could never see the connection with the Verve, really," says McCabe. "I had nothing against Britpop at all and there was some amazing music that came out of it, but it wasn’t the sound that we wante ...
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The Painted Word: The ABC’s of R76 & Harrisburg Artists of Color
The artist Reina (R76) is a one-woman “Art Ambassador” and, someday, just may be given a key to the city. To be in full recognition of her art aplomb, she has already unlocked doors for many artists ...
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Aaliyah's Iconic Style Immortalized With Barbie Music Collector Doll Tribute
Aaliyah's style evolution was on full display in the "One in a Million" music video, where she embraced a more refined and feminine image ... of R&B and hip-hop but also by multiple generations ...
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How Religious Schools Became a Billion-Dollar Drain on Public Education
A nationwide movement has funnelled taxpayer money to private institutions, eroding the separation between church and state.
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This Under-the-radar European Capital Is a Can't-miss Cultural Destination — With Gourmet Street Food, Lively Nightlife, and City Beaches
One writer explores the wine bars and market stalls transforming Serbia’s capital into a must-visit cultural destination.