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Jay-Z Takes the National Recording Registry Into the 21st Century — Literally
Jay-Z made history when his classic album The Blueprint was inducted into the National Recording Registry this week: It's the first recording released in the 21st century to receive that honor. The...
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It’s Time to Lift Every Voice: Black Music Month Arrives at a Crucial Turning...
When 12-year-old singer Keedron Bryant lifted his voice to poignantly decry the senseless murder of George Floyd in a May 29 Instagram post that’s since drawn nearly 3 million views, the pre-teen...
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Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ Took 39 Years to Crack Billboard 200 Top 10 — And...
Queen‘s Greatest Hits finally enters the top 10 on the Billboard 200 this week, 39 years and one month after its release. That’s the record for a non-holiday album. The record among all albums is held...
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Eazy-E’s Daughter Ebie Hopes to One Day Unveil the Truth Behind Her Father’s...
On Thursday (Aug 12), WE Tv premiered The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E, a four-part limited series, under the guidance of the legendary rapper’s daughter Ebie, more than 26 years after his death. In...
View ArticleASCAP to Salute Dr. Dre With Hip-Hop Icon Award
Dr. Dre, the trailblazing hip-hop hitmaker, will blaze a new trail at the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards, where he will receive the first ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award. Announced today (June 20), Dre...
View ArticleMadonna Released From ICU, Metro Boomin to Headline Billboard R&B Hip Hop...
Madonna was hospitalized for a serious bacterial infection leading the Queen of Pop to postpone her tour. Get ready because the Billboard R&B Hip Hop Live celebration of the 50th anniversary of...
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Dr. Dre Reveals He Was ‘Talked Into’ Recording ‘The Chronic’: ‘It Wasn’t My...
From Jay-Z to Miley Cyrus, Kevin Hart has had conversations with many of music’s biggest and brightest stars on his Peacock talk show Hart to Heart. For the show’s latest episode, the Emmy-nominated...
View ArticleN.W.A, Donna Summer, Gladys Knight & More to Receive 2024 Recording Academy...
Laurie Anderson, The Clark Sisters, Gladys Knight, N.W.A, Donna Summer and Tammy Wynette are the Recording Academy’s 2024 lifetime achievement award honorees. Also announced on Friday (Jan. 5), Peter...
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Gladys Knight, Members of N.W.A & More Accept 2024 Lifetime Achievement...
The best thing about the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards, where they dispense Lifetime Achievement Awards and other career-capping honors, is the warm way the recipients reach across genres...
View Article‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Passes ‘Rocketman’ to Become One of the Top 5...
Bob Marley: One Love grossed $607,000 in its eighth week at the box office, which was enough to enable it to pass the 2019 Elton John biopic Rocketman as the fifth highest-grossing biopic of a...
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