When I open my Zoom session with Chicago producer Young Chop, his display photo is a picture of him shirtless, flashing a wad of cash. “Boy, that ain’t never your Zoom picture!” his manager Jessie “Jay Boogie” Green jokes. Chop flashes a beaming grin when he turns his camera on, …
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Brian Setzer, frontman for the Stray Cats and the Brian Setzer Orchestra, is unable to play guitar after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. The musician recently revealed his condition on Instagram, writing that he first noticed his “hands were cramping up” near the end of the Stray Cats’ most …
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This interview was originally published on February 23, 2015. By the time Led Zeppelin released Physical Graffiti in 1975, they no longer needed to prove anything. “All of us knew that it was a monumental piece of work, just because of the various paths that we’d trodden along to get …
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The Wu-Tang Clan are set to hit the road for the last time, announcing the start of their farewell tour, “Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber.” The North American trek is scheduled to take place this summer, kicking off on June 6 at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore and wrapping …
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Don Toliver brings us into his dark, disordered world. On Monday, the rapper released the video for his rocky track “Tore Up,” continuing his Hardstone Psycho album with the new visual. “In the club with some ones and I’m piped up/Shawty got me high, too high,” he raps. “I be …
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After digging up an old ticket stub for a 1991 Nirvana concert, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk shared a short message about the gig and said he wished Kurt Cobain was still alive to meet their shared grandchild. The show Hawk attended took place Oct. 20, 1991 at the now-defunct Houston …
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After Cardi B won a $4 million defamation judgment against Tasha K three years ago, the gossip personality known for her YouTube series UnWinewithTashaK has agreed to pay the superstar rapper nearly $1.2 million over the next five years to settle her bankruptcy. A judge confirmed the Chapter 11 reorganization …
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It’s not every day that your tío’s carne asada playlist and your own rap faves collide. On Monday, Mexican star Marco Antonio Solís shared a video that shows him dancing along to a mash-up of Los Bukis’ “El Celoso” with Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us.” “¡Mira, mira!” Solís says in …
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Sublime is coming to Vans Warped Tour DC, 30 years after headlining its first edition. On Monday, the band — which reunited last year with Bradley Nowell’s son Jakob — announced that they’ll be performing at the Washington, D.C. edition of the festival in June. Sublime and Warped Tour announced …
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The New York Yankees will no longer play Frank Sinatra’s version of “(Theme From) New York, New York” after home losses, ending a tradition that dates back over four decades and started with the approval of Sinatra himself. The team confirmed the change as the Yankees began spring training in …
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