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The story behind the Kenny Lattimore album that became Michael Jordan’s soundtrack for the 1998 NBA Finals
The Grammy-nominated R&B singer details his relationship with the GOAT, leading up to the moment he hadn’t seen until ‘The Last Dance’
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Prince in his time needs to be seen now
YouTube is hosting a Prince and the Revolution concert from March 30, 1985. It is the most incredible Prince thing on the internet.
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Instead of vilifying Boosie’s actions, we need to put them into a broader context
The rapper bragged about hiring a woman to perform oral sex on his underage son and nephews
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How artists emerged in the late ’90s to challenge the gangsta narrative in hip-hop
After years of ‘bubbling under,’ some rap acts, including Jay-Z, Master P and Outkast, broke through in spectacular fashion
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Aux Cord Chronicles XX: The sounds of 1998
OutKast, DMX, Janet Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Master P and ‘Vol. 2’ from Jay-Z made this one major year in music
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Why Tekashi 6ix9ine is a stain on hip-hop
Look at the conversation around ‘GOOBA’; it’s the theater around who he is that’s the draw, not the music
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As Stevie Wonder turns 70, a look at how he wrote the soundtrack for a fragile America
Over five albums in the ’70s, Wonder’s music focused on our humanity in a way much of society refused to accept. And still hasn’t.
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Andre Harrell was hip-hop’s blackest record man
From ghetto fabulous to new jack swing, if it was unapologetically black and cool, Harrell had a hand in it
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Little Richard whop-bopped America upside the head while inventing rock ‘n’ roll
From screaming vocals to uninhibited sexuality, he was the prototype for the modern music superstar