I have always admired and respected Jann Wenner, and still do. Yes, I know what he said in the New York Times about Black and female musicians, and that a day later he was unceremoniously dumped from ...

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In an open garage at the end of a down-sloping driveway, a young woman sits, silhouetted against a large computer screen, surrounded by musical instruments. She pulls her hoodie off her head, comes up ...

The Son of Man will send his angels ... with a breakbeat. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage for The Recording Academy via Getty Images If Christ then was Biggie (apologies to 2Pac), the twelve apostles — ...

B-Real drops a bombshell mere minutes into our interview. Cypress Hill’s 1993 juggernaut, “Insane in the Brain,” was initially written as a diss track aimed at “Treat ‘Em Right” rapper Chubb Rock.

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In February 2014, I tuned in to the BRIT Awards to watch my newly minted friends Rudimental’s performance. I didn’t expect to get knocked out by Ella Eyre, the featured vocalist on their chart-topping ...

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The Tubs exist at the intersection of several concurrent crises — urban decay, the housing crisis, the mental health epidemic, the gig economy and the devaluation of the arts, just to name a few.