The Rap List That Changed Hip Hop Forever (Blaze 1999)
In 1999, Blaze Magazine tried to answer the impossible question: who were the 50 greatest MCs of all time? The list sparked debates that still haven’t ended. At a moment
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Random music news for Tuesday, January 28, 2025
If this lawmaker gets its way, there will be no more dancing with yourself in Mississippi. What universe are we in? Let’s distract ourselves from the madness with a look
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NY takes first big step toward preventing lyrics from being used as evidence
The New York State Senate on Tuesday passed a law that would make it much more difficult to submit rap lyrics in criminal trials. The bill, believed to be the
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Jay Z, Killer Mike lend support to bill banning use of rap lyrics in criminal trials
In November 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union issued a statement arguing that using rap lyrics as evidence during a criminal trial was a violation of the First Amendment to
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, May 6, 2021
Would you drink this wine if you could afford it? Think about that and pour yourself a glass as you read music news for May 6, 2021. A good read:
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Random music news for Friday, February 28, 2020
That’s one tiny moon. Here’s what I have for music news for February 28, 2020. Coronavirus update: Facebook has canceled its F8 Developers Conference. More bad news for R Kelly.
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Wow. Some people, huh? Where have you been, lady? Let’s divert from that to music news for February 6, 2020. Juice WRLD may be dead, but his family is facing
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, November 18, 2019
Back in the home office after two weeks. But I don’t know why I bothered to unpack because I’m gone again in another ten days. But let’s worry about that
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Home from Asia after a 27 hour trip. Let the jetlag begin–but not before we tackle music news for November 16, 2019. Vladimir Putin’s favourite singer has been booked for
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Twenty-one years ago today, Google was founded. How long did it take before “google” became a verb? Moving on to music news for September 4, 2019… Canadian music sales and
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Eighty years ago today, a film called The Wizard of Oz premiered in Hollywood. Fifty years ago, the original Woodstock got going. It was reported like this. Moving to music
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