And the Highest Paid Hip Hop Star of 2019 is…
When you hear names like Cardi B, Drake, Eminem, Migos and Nicki Minaj, you can be forgiven for wondering which
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Hip-hop makes more inroads into country music. This has been happening for three decades, too.
You may have heard the story about a hitherto unknown rapper named Lil Nas X and his song “Old Town
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Want better-tasting cheese? Play it hip-hop.
As something of a cheese snob–I love a good Comte with a glass of port after a nice meal–I’m always
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Random music news for Monday, February 25, 2019
Happy birthday George Harrison! He would have turned 76 today. As for music news on February 25… R Kelly’s bail
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Now Vladimir Putin wants to control rap (in Russia, anyway).
Popular music has long been feared by those in power. They’re afraid of the messages and passions that can inculcate
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Random music news for Friday, December 14, 2018
Plutonium was isolated on this day in 1940. As for music news on December 14, 2018… Nominations for the 2019
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This may be a new sub-genre of hip-hop. God help us all.
There are many flavours of hip-hop: gangsta, low bap, grime, drill, ghettotech, nerdcore, crunk, and so on. Then we have
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Guest post: Who will be the Bob Marley of hip-hop?
[Another guest post as I lollygag somewhere in southern Thailand where the music of Bob Marley can be heard more
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Random music news for Friday, October 19, 2018
Still no societal collapse in Canada following the legalization of weed. You know, if we do this right, we can
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The latest hip-hop rich list is out. Guess who’s on top?
The people at Forbes have a thing about estimating the earnings of celebrities. With their latest list of hip-hop stars,
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Here’s who you can trace an 80s hip-hop beat back to–wait for it–1910
Back in 1910, the popular music of the day was classic, marching music (think John Philip Sousa), religious music (including
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