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fromKqed
1 day ago

How Tuesday and Her Daughters Made West Oakland's New Viral Anthem | KQED

A viral anthem from West Oakland has gained recognition and led to performances at major events, celebrating local culture and artists.
DC food
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Man charged over 2002 Jam Master Jay killing to plead guilty, documents show

One of the men charged in Jam Master Jay's killing plans to plead guilty, marking the first admission of involvement in the case.
#clipse
#afrika-bambaataa
Photography
fromAol
1 week ago

31 photos that show what life looked like in 1985

1985 was characterized by iconic pop culture, fashion, and childhood experiences captured in everyday life through photographs.
NYC music
fromSFGATE
4 days ago

After breaking Georgia's legal system, Young Thug takes a Coachella victory lap

Young Thug's Coachella performance showcased his influence and celebrated his decade-long career with hits and special guest appearances.
fromFood & Beverage Magazine
1 week ago

Shaquille O'Neal: From 90s Icon to Modern Entrepreneur

During a live taping of his Big Pod podcast, Shaquille O'Neal surprised fans by bringing out the iconic hip-hop group ONYX, who performed their Billboard Hot 100 hit 'Slam' with a twist.
Podcast
fromConsequence
2 weeks ago

Scarlett Johansson Reveals Cypress Hill Was Her First Concert: Their Blunt "Was the Size of a Blimpie Sub"

I'm still buzzing from it, man. I am. I must have gone with a friend. I don't remember, because I was so high... I think it was at Roseland.
London music
SF music
fromSFGATE
2 weeks ago

The 'Jesus of Cool' returns to rock San Francisco

Nick Lowe has a long-standing affection for San Francisco, performing there since the late 1970s and cherishing his memories of the city.
Washington Wizards
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

NYC hoopers try to impress Tracy McGrady and Jadakiss for spot in revamped OBL | amNewYork

Tracy McGrady is rebooting the Ones Basketball League, a one-on-one basketball competition featuring teams from various cities.
Humor
fromEsquire
2 weeks ago

Arsenio Hall's Stories from the '80s and '90s Are Truly Wild

Arsenio Hall reflects on his career, personal experiences, and the impact of racism in Hollywood and beyond.
#keith-haring
Arts
fromHypebeast
2 weeks ago

Keith Haring's Rare Art Cars to Land in NYC's West Village

Keith Haring's painted cars will be exhibited together for the first time in Manhattan, coinciding with the launch of a new book on his 3D work.
Arts
fromHypebeast
2 weeks ago

Keith Haring's Rare Art Cars to Land in NYC's West Village

Keith Haring's painted cars will be exhibited together for the first time in Manhattan, coinciding with the launch of a new book on his 3D work.
Photography
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Method Man turns his eyeball inside out: Eddie Otchere's best photograph

Photography began with a Praktica camera and a chance encounter with Wu-Tang Clan, leading to a memorable experience capturing their journey.
Podcast
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Usher 'Doesn't Have Anything Negative to Say' About Diddy

Usher expresses unwavering support for Diddy, emphasizing his legacy and contributions to the music industry despite ongoing controversies and legal issues.
#jay-z
fromDefector
2 weeks ago
NYC music

I Demand That Jay-Z Perform All Of 'Kingdom Come' At His Yankee Stadium Concert | Defector

NYC music
fromDefector
2 weeks ago

I Demand That Jay-Z Perform All Of 'Kingdom Come' At His Yankee Stadium Concert | Defector

JAŸ-Z is returning to music with major performances and a new interview, celebrating anniversaries of his classic albums.
Music production
fromPitchfork
3 weeks ago

Jay-Z Opens Up About Kendrick-Drake Beef in Rare Interview

Jay-Z reflects on hip-hop culture, the impact of stan culture, and the evolution of rap beefs in the age of social media.
NYC music
fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

JAY-Z Adds Third Yankee Stadium Show After First Two Sell Out

JAY-Z added a new concert at Yankee Stadium on July 12th after previous shows sold out.
NYC music
fromPitchfork
4 weeks ago

Jay-Z Announces Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint Yankee Stadium Shows

Jay-Z will perform two consecutive nights at Yankee Stadium in July 2026, celebrating Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint albums.
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Three albums in exchange for getting out of jail: 2Pac's last months before his murder 30 years ago

Tupac Shakur was released from prison on October 12, 1995, after Death Row Records paid his bail of nearly one and a half million dollars, allowing him to record three albums.
Music production
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fromESPN.com
4 weeks ago

Serena, Shaq join viral 'What were you like in the '90s?' trend

Athletes from the 1990s are participating in a social media trend showcasing throwback photos and memories from that decade.
#wu-tang-clan
London music
fromBrooklynVegan
3 weeks ago

Wu-Tang Clan announce final tour "encore" with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Wu-Tang Clan extends their final tour into 2026, featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and multiple shows across various cities.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Wu-Tang Clan review still bringing the ruckus even on their farewell tour

Wu-Tang Clan's farewell tour demonstrates the group's enduring verbal firepower and ability to captivate audiences despite aging members and logistical challenges of reuniting after years of internal conflict.
fromComplex
2 weeks ago

Lil Mama Makes Surprise Guest Appearance on Bow Wow's Brooklyn Tour Stop

Can we please put both of us in the same frame so they know this is not AI? ... Twin, you know I stay ready, right? ... Can you do me a favor? Take this shit over with this one.
NYC music
NYC LGBT
fromCity Limits
1 month ago

Breakin' And Boogying: New Exhibit Spotlights History of Dance in The Bronx

The Bronx History Museum's new exhibit celebrates 1970-84 dance culture that transformed Latin Hustle, Rocking, Burning, Breakin' and Boogying into global phenomena through immersive displays of photos, clothing, oral histories, and memorabilia.
Music production
fromKqed
3 weeks ago

Digital Underground's MC Was Secretly a Genius Illustrator

Shock G was a multifaceted artist whose contributions to rap and visual art influenced future generations of musicians.
NYC music
fromPitchfork
3 weeks ago

I Went to a Hip-Hop Streamer Convention and All I Got Was This Piece of Content

Twitch streamer Tylil James captivates fans at MVP Arena with viral dance performances, showcasing the intersection of online fame and live entertainment.
fromFood & Beverage Magazine
3 weeks ago

50 Cent and Robert Earl Launch PH Live Entertainment Hub

This is about creating the ultimate entertainment destination. Planet Hollywood has always been connected to pop culture, and PH Live takes that energy to the next level, a place where music, film, sports, and nightlife collide.
NYC music
Fashion & style
fromAol
1 month ago

MTV's First Style VJ Coltrane Curtis Recalls Talking Fashion with Industry 'Pioneer' Pharrell Williams (Exclusive)

Coltrane Curtis became MTV's first Style VJ in the early 2000s after building expertise through retail, brand collaborations, and editorial work at Complex magazine.
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Day Around the Bay: MC Hammer Jumps Aboard Honorary Black History Month Cable Car

View this post on Instagram A post shared by SFMTA (@sfmta_muni) San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie only stepped in to help with negotiations during the teachers' strike a week and a half ago, even though they officially began negotiating a new contract almost a year ago, and an impasse was declared in October, leading to a practice strike in November. [Mission Local]
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Education
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

MC Grammar breaks record for largest rap lesson

Sam Parsons, known as MC Grammar, set a Guinness World Record for the largest rap lesson with 859 London school children from 18 schools.
from48 hills
1 month ago

Diamond Dave Whitaker, a San Francisco icon and legend, dies at 88 - 48 hills

Diamond D was, indeed, the first person to smoke pot with Bob Dylan. He introduced Dylan to the writing of Woody Guthrie, which Dylan freely admits changed his life. Some of Dylan's earliest songs were recorded at Diamond D's house in Minneapolis.
SF music
NYC music
fromConsequence
4 weeks ago

First Look at Megan Thee Stallion as Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut as Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, becoming the first female-identifying performer to play this role worldwide.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Celebrate rock n' roll history in Oakland with Greil Marcus, Daveed Diggs

Greil Marcus celebrates the 50th anniversary of his influential book Mystery Train with a discussion on music's role in defining American ideology.
fromKqed
2 months ago

E-40 and Too $hort to Bring Bay Area Hip-Hop to NFL Honors Stage

NFL Honors will be held at the Palace of Fine Arts and air at 6 p.m. PT on NBC and NFL Network, with streaming available on Peacock. Actor Jon Hamm will host the NFL Honors, which will celebrate the league's top performances from the 2025 season and announce the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026 and the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.
National Football League
#house-party
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

How the Golden State Warriors' senior dancers became fan favorites

It's 3:30 p.m. on a Monday, and a group of 16 senior dancers are grooving on the court at Chase Center. They throw their arms up and down, give a high kick, bend over low, draw a half circle with their hips, pop up and snap their necks back and forth, their grey and white hair glistening under the giant spotlights usually reserved for Steph Curry and Draymond Green.
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#super-bowl
fromEsquire
2 months ago
US politics

The Best Thing I Can Say About Turning Point USA's Halftime Show Is That It Happened

fromEsquire
2 months ago
US politics

The Best Thing I Can Say About Turning Point USA's Halftime Show Is That It Happened

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fromBrooklyn Paper
2 months ago

Borough Hall exhibit honors Brooklyn's hip-hop legends for Black History Month * Brooklyn Paper

In celebration of Black History Month, a photo installation at Brooklyn Borough Hall is putting "Brooklyn's Finest: Legends in Focus" in the spotlight, paying homage to Brooklyn's hip-hop history and the photographers who chronicled the evolution of the borough's hip-hop culture and the arts during the genre's most pivotal years. Images include the historic 1998 "Greatest Day in Hip-Hop History" photo by Gordon Parks, featuring influential rappers, DJs, producers and artists gathered on a Harlem brownstone stoop;
Brooklyn
fromLos Angeles Times
18 years ago

Being McQueen for a day

When Regalia, 52, pushes the Ferrari out of a storage facility into the Monterey sunlight, the metallic paint ignites with a pale opalescent fire, shimmering in shades of honey and oxblood. Imagine a Ferrari-shaped pool filled with ancient brandy. The Lusso, designed by the famed Italian coachworks Pininfarina, is regarded as one of the loveliest of Ferrari's touring cars, but no Lusso ever left the factory with half the hand-rubbed luster this car has.
Fashion & style
SF music
fromKqed
1 month ago

Too Short's 'Blow the Whistle' Is 20 Years Old - and Keeps Going On and On | KQED

Too Short's 'Blow the Whistle' became a Bay Area classic and nationwide party anthem despite never charting on Billboard Hot 100, maintaining cultural significance for 20 years since its 2006 release.
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

How the Golden State Warriors' senior dancers became fan favorites

"My heart starts to beat really fast when we're in that tunnel,"
Golden State Warriors
Fashion & style
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Fab 5 Freddy, Still Fly

Fred Brathwaite (Fab 5 Freddy) frequents FlameKeepers Hat Club, reflecting his enduring ties to hat fashion, hip-hop culture, and longtime friend Marc Williamson.
Music
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Hip hop faces its midlife crisis

Hip hop's cultural dominance has sharply declined, losing 24% sales share and 19% streaming share since 2023, with few emerging artists capable of sustaining mainstream relevance after Kendrick Lamar's 2024 peak.
NYC music
fromAllHipHop
1 month ago

Hip-Hop Legend MC Easy A.D. & HipHopGrails Launch Auction Of Hip-Hop Artifacts

Early Hip-Hop artifacts from Cold Crush Brothers pioneer Easy A.D., including flyers and handwritten rhymes, are being auctioned through HipHopGrails to preserve and elevate Hip-Hop cultural history.
#anna-halprin
from48 hills
1 month ago

Party Radar: With 'Unabridged,' the story of Detroit techno unfolds in the Bay - 48 hills

Detroit techno, austere and futuristic, grew out of Black/queer culture, sci-fi escapism, and the repetitive language of automobile factories. San Francisco's techno, on the other hand, fused an outdoor hippie aesthetic with ecstatic, UK-derived beats that had crowds mass-hallucinating UFOs on Ocean Beach at dawn. Both shared a deep funkiness, however—remember when people of all shapes and colors once danced wildly?
SF music
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fromEsquire
2 months ago

Turning Point's MAGA Halftime Show Is Real After All

Turning Point USA is hosting an All-American Halftime Show featuring Kid Rock and country acts as counter-programming to Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance.
Fashion & style
fromEsquire
2 months ago

The 50 Most Stylish Men in Music

Musicians are disproportionately stylish because music’s emotional, personal origins translate into authentic, memorable fashion and self-expression.
fromDefector
2 months ago

Max B Is New York Rap's Best Hope | Defector

The rapper, known on his tax form as Charles Wingate and known by his old Harlem associates as Charley Rambo, made his name in the rap game during an all-too-brief run in the 2000s, as one of the most colorful members of Jim Jones' Byrdgang, his solo offshoot from the Diplomats (although due to his growing up with rappers Cam and Mase, Max is like honorary Dipset).
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from48 hills
1 month ago

Under the Stars: Goldie's 'Timeless'-and what it meant for 1990s Bay Area drum and bass - 48 hills

Goldie's Timeless album from 1995 catalyzed the drum and bass boom in the Bay Area and remains a pivotal electronic music work that transcended genre boundaries through accessible, jazzy production.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Unmasking US rap iconoclast MF Doom's final years in West Yorkshire

MF Doom, a mask‑wearing, influential rapper, spent his final years in Leeds amid mystery, leaving a celebrated musical legacy and unresolved personal history.
fromDocumentjournal
1 month ago

Usher on masculinity, memory, and building a legacy

Representing a career that spans genre and sound, Usher's ambition both challenges and provokes. Perhaps this is why the Atlanta-born singer continues to occupy popular culture, not only through his Grammy Award-winning recordings, but also across fashion and the fine arts, where he has emerged as a patron and collector. He identifies career as a collage. Evolution does not mean abandoning the past, but layering it, building new meaning atop experience, vulnerability, and history.
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fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Cardi B interrupts SF show to stop fighting fans, clip goes viral

Cardi B delivered a high-energy two-hour concert at San Francisco's Chase Center featuring 37 songs, elaborate costumes, and comedic moments as part of her first tour in six years.
Music
fromEsquire
2 months ago

A$AP Rocky Talks Fatherhood, Music, Fashion, and Working With Tim Burton

A$AP Rocky evolved from childhood homelessness to mature fatherhood and artistic reflection, making Don't Be Dumb a record about responsibility, legacy, and family.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

David Byrne review hope, humanity and dancing in a superbly paced and choreographed show

David Byrne performs an energetic, choreographed American Utopia-style concert with a 12-piece multiracial band, mobile instrumentation, striking visuals, and political undertones.
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fromConsequence
2 months ago

Public Enemy's Chuck D and The Doors' John Densmore Team Up as doPE

Chuck D and John Densmore created doPE; debut album no country for old men arrives April 18, single 'every tick tick tick' named Record Store Day Song of the Year.
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fromBlavity News & Entertainment
1 month ago

HBCUs Celebrate Michael Jackson's Legacy In New 'Michael' Black History Performances - Blavity

Three HBCUs performed distinct interpretations of Michael Jackson's 'Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough' for Lionsgate's Black History Month celebration honoring Jackson's cultural influence.
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