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Rock Hall’s Class of 2026: Making a case for global icon-inductees: The Rock Hall's 2026 inductees span genres from metal to salsa, honoring artists who reshaped ...
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Hop in: We're taking a pop culture road trip on Route 66: Route 66 is celebrating 100 years of being the country's most famous highway. This icon of American ...
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A Scottish Hip-Hop Hoax Helped James McAvoy Find His Movie-Making Voice: In “California Schemin’,” the actor’s directorial debut, two Scottish rappers pretend to ...
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Paid articlePaywall ‘Slam Frank’ Hip-Hop Musical Retelling Of Anne Frank Story Extends Off Broadway Run
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Nerdist Oct 29
CROSSROAD BLUES Marries Hip-Hop, Horror, and Southern Folklore: Crossroad Blues is an upcoming horror short film about Southern folklore, hip-hop and blues music ...
nerdist.com/article/crossroad-blues-short-horror-film-blues-hip-hop-music/
LL Cool J Announces 2027 'Rock the Bells: The Residency' for Las Vegas: The rapper will take over the MGM Park for 11 dates that celebrate hip-hop culture.
variety.com/2026/music/news/ll-cool-j-rock-the-bells-the-residency-las-vegas-2027-1236933800/
See You at the Crossroads : For as long as music has been around, so has that phantom place beyond the crossroads, the point where life ends and the end begins ...
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Sacha Baron Cohen on claims of cultural appropriation in his new film 'Ali G: Who Iz I?':
"Everyone is entitled to their own view ... Show more
forbesafrica.com Oct 19
#Entertainment South African rapper and songwriter Maglera Doe Boy (born Tokelo Moyakhe) is expanding beyond music with Mzansi, a two-part short film celebrating ... Show more
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A new musical looks at a family struggling in the 1920s and ‘30s, and the parallels today
sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/10/17/a-new-musical-looks-at-a-family-struggling-in-the-1920s-and-30s-and-the-parallels-today/
Will Smith Is Officially Returning to One of His Biggest Ever Franchises for a Fresh Spin
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Emily Atack falls in love with Gavin & Stacey star in first major 2026 Christmas advert
metro.co.uk/2026/10/15/emily-atack-falls-love-gavin-stacey-star-first-major-2026-christmas-advert-29709669/
Paid articlePaywall ‘Half’ Review: Hip-Hop Beats & Brutal Beatings In Samjad’s Fast, Fun, Super-Violent Indian Vampire Horror Movie – Sitges Film Festival
deadline.com/2026/10/half-review-samjad-ranjith-sajeev-aiswarya-raj-1237155060/
Pine cones, glitter and a hip-hop head for sale: red-hot artists reveal their Frieze stunners
theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/oct/12/pine-cones-glitter-and-a-hip-hop-head-for-sale-red-hot-artists-reveal-their-frieze-stunners
Mayor Mamdani and Nas Have a Heart to Heart About Keeping NYC the Home of Hip Hop
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Paid articlePaywall Malcolm Spellman on How ‘Snowfall’ Spinoff ‘The Drop’ Connects With the Original Series and Why He’s “Not Gonna Chase Cameos”
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23 Years Ago Today, a Hip-Hop Duo on the Verge of a Breakup Made the Weirdest, Most Successful Album of Their Career
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Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, September 28–October 4: MONDAY 9/28 Show Me the Body, Whispers, Lip Critic, Truck Violence (MUSIC) New York progressive ...
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Botswana Gazette Sep 26
Veezo View Gets Zikomo Nod: A Zikomo Africa Awards nomination puts Veezo View in a continental conversation and Botswana’s Hip Hop scene gets another moment in ...
thegazette.news/lifestyle/veezo-view-gets-zikomo-nod/
Tone Capone, "I Got 5 On It" producer, dead at 59: "I Got 5 On It" entered the canon of west coast hip-hop, hitting the Billboard top ten and resurfacing in ...
latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-09-17/tone-capone-i-got-5-on-it-producer-dead-at-59
All the Strictly 2026 stars with previous dance experience : From hip-hop dance champions to stars who say they ‘can’t dance’, here’s how much training and ...
independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/strictly-2026-cast-dance-experience-b3052661.html
Beverley Knight: It's a 100-year-old story but also a story of today: In Sylvia, Beverley Knight stars as Emmeline Pankhurst, the political activist who led the ...
scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/beverley-knight-its-a-100-year-old-story-but-also-a-story-of-today-9088250
JU Rusine blends French rap, African sounds: Independent artiste, JU Rusine, is carving a niche by blending French-language rap with hip-hop ...
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Heat and drought: Why beer at Oktoberfest could soon be in short supply: No hops, no beer: heat and drought are hitting hop fields in Austria and Germany ...
euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/17/heat-and-drought-why-beer-at-oktoberfest-could-soon-be-in-short-supply
Grammy winning hip-hop artist to headline MoonPie Over Mobile New Year’s Eve event
al.com/news/2026/09/grammy-winning-hip-hop-artist-to-headline-moonpie-over-mobile-new-years-eve-event.html
Vanity Fair Sep 14
Who Is Trap Lore Ross, the British YouTuber Who Became the Face of “the Biggest Hip-Hop Trial Ever”?
vanityfair.com/story/trap-lore-ross-lil-durk-trial
Music Matters: The soulful vibes keep on coming!: See the latest news from Your World at https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/your-world
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Stones Throw lauds 30th anniversary with 3-day Highland Park festival: Chris Manak, who founded the label Stones Throw, influenced Ye and Tyler ...
latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-09-14/chris-manak-on-30th-anniversary-of-stones-throw-label-highland-park-festival
LOOK: 8 celebrities who hopped on the '80s AI photo trend: (from left) Ruffa Gutierrez, Janice de Belen, and Ryza Cenon hop on the 80s AI photo trend ...
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Jimek: Polish hip-hop never tried to be American: Two loves define Radzimir Dębski, aka Jimek - classical music and hip-hop. The Polish composer ...
euronews.com/culture/2026/09/12/jimek-polish-hip-hop-is-one-of-the-best-in-europe-and-i-wont-even-apologize-for-saying-tha
Genius Short List: Music: We’re a music city, baby! But the talent runs way deeper than the excellent indie/rock/punk canon you may already know and love ...
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Thirty years of waiting, a memoir and a trial: conviction in Tupac Shakur killing brings closure
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Paid articlePaywall ‘The Drop: A Snowfall Saga’ Review: FX’s ‘Snowfall’ Spinoff Offers a Promising, if Uneven, ’90s Hip-Hop Odyssey
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AI CEOs Try to Persuade World Leaders to Hop on Trump’s Anti-Regulation Train: OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia and Palantir executives were all in attendance at the ...
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Wu-Tang Clan legacy takes center stage at historic 18th and Vine: The Boone Theater reopening highlights Wu-Tang’s hip-hop legacy in Kansas City’s 18th & Vine ...
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Tom Hardy’s rap persona, Frankie Pulitzer, is his greatest performance in years: Under the name Frankie Pulitzer, the actor has put out his first hip-hop album ...
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Tom Hardy Makes Shocking Career Move with Surprise Debut Hip-Hop Album: Performing as Frankie Pulitzer, the actor teams up with Czarface for a 15-track release.
movieweb.com/tom-hardy-hip-hop-album/
1989 Song by Public Enemy Ranked the Second 'Greatest Song of All Time' : The Public Enemy classic continues to stand among the most influential hip-hop ...
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Wrestling Inc. Aug 27
Video: WWE's Tiffany Stratton Recorded Hip-Hop Song Alongside Lil Yachty: Tiffany Stratton has kept herself busy since losing the Women's U.S ...
wrestlinginc.com/2245589/wwe-tiffany-stratton-lil-yachty-recorded-hip-hop-song-video/
The first trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen‘s latest top-secret movie project has been revealed.
Amazon-MGM Studios released the first footage from 'Ali G: ... Show more
Your Harlow Aug 25
Hip Hop Pop : Here's what Taia had to say about taking part in the Student Dance Film Project....#YoungPeople #Creativity #JackPetchey
William Wallace musical to go 'very close to tearing him down': Forthcoming production is billed as a show which 'rips into Scotland’s most famous ...
heraldscotland.com/news/26471962.william-wallace-musical-go-very-close-tearing-down/
The Trip-Hop Band After Is the Ultimate Y2K Nostalgist: As the band After, Justine Dorsey and Graham Epstein bottle the magic of the 2000s into undeniably catchy ...
thecut.com/article/star-study-after.html
Eminem Put Up His Own Money to Help a Hip-Hop Legend Go to Rehab: Legendary Philly rapper Kurupt shared that Eminem once paid for him to go to rehab after his ...
vice.com/en/article/eminem-put-up-his-own-money-to-help-a-hip-hop-legend-go-to-rehab/
people.com Aug 05
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At 20, BlackStar founder Maori Karmael Holmes’ documentary on the women of Philly hip-hop, remains a cultural touchstone
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Meet the local filmmakers presenting their works at the 15th annual BlackStar Film Festival
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Paid articlePaywall How hip-hop ended up as the soundtrack of the Israeli far right: A new TV series documents the colorful and controversial history of Israeli hip-hop – but leaves ...
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Bottom of the Hill: 7 shows to catch before the legendary club closes down: Get tickets to see one of these 7 concerts at the Bottom of the Hill before the San ...
mercurynews.com/2026/07/20/bottom-of-the-hill-calendar-tickets-concerts/
Entertainment Tonight Jun 29
Cardi B is celebrating her friends, family and Bardi gang as she accepts Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the BET Awards.
Run-DMC Claims This Iconic Album is the ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ of Hip-Hop: ‘The Blueprint’
vice.com/en/article/run-dmc-claims-this-iconic-album-is-the-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band-of-hip-hop-the-blueprint/
कश्मीर के लोक संगीत का नया अवतार! Hip-Hop से दुनिया में छा रहे युवा कलाकार #NextGenBharat #Kashmir #KashmiriMusic #FolkMusic #HipHop #FusionMusic #SufiyanaKalam #KashmirCulture #IndianMusic #MusicFusion
Why Dave Bautista Owes His Acting Career To A Hip-Hop Legend: Dave Bautista's acting career might've never taken off if a hip-hop legend hadn't fought to cast ...
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The power dynamic underground is shifting! We sat down with hip-hop legend and Silo star Common to break down Robert Sims’ complicated new role in Silo ... Show more
3 Samples in Classic 90s Hip-Hop Tracks That’ll Have You Doing a Double-Take: Sampling has always been a staple of hip-hop, especially in the 90s ...
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Hip-Hop Royalty: These Rap Legend Kids Just Dropped an ‘Evil’ New Collab: Two hip-hop legends have made it deep enough into the game to have children that are ...
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Sen Dog discusses new Cuba doc, L.A. upbringing and music career: In this week's episode of "The De Los Podcast" Cypress Hill MC Sen Dog talked about his ...
latimes.com/delos/story/2026-06-10/sen-dog-de-los-podcast-cuba-documentary-hip-hop-l-a-music
Matt Damon introduces rap persona the Nomad on ‘The Tonight Show’: Damon brought the beats to Tuesday’s episode of “The Tonight Show.”
bostonglobe.com/2026/06/10/arts/matt-damon-nomad-tonight-show/
Erykah Badu performed “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)” during her headlining set at @rootspicnic
‘It Takes Two’ rapper Rob Base dies at 59: Rapper Rob Base died Friday at age 59 after a cancer diagnosis, according to a post on his social media.
nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/-takes-two-rapper-rob-base-dies-59-rcna346583
20 albums that shaped the sound of modern music: From hip-hop to electronic to indie rock, these 20 records didn't just top charts — they rewired how music is ...
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Ten reasons to get yourself to Greenbelt Festival this summer: Don’t miss headliners Arrested Development and The Proclaimers; singer and activist Charlotte ...
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From Sonny Rollins to Kendrick Lamar: A brief history of the jazz-rap movement: Jazz-rap emerged in the 1990s by blending jazz improvisation with hip-hop's ...
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If what we say is true, the Shaolin and the Wu-Tang are unstoppable: How the Wu-Tang Clan turned their kung fu obsession into an immortal philosophy
salon.com/2026/05/31/if-what-we-say-is-true-the-shaolin-and-the-wu-tang-are-unstoppable/
Entertainment Tonight May 25
ET opens the vault for a deep dive into Queen Latifah's Hollywood journey through the years, from her early days as a history-making Hip Hop artist to an ... Show more
At 24, rapper Reble has become one of the most compelling new voices in Indian hip-hop.
Her breakout moment came with Dhurandhar ... Show more
nwsd.li May 31
'The Sixth Borough' screening reminds audiences of Long Island's role in hip hop history
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Marathi cinema: Hombale Films has announced Yeto Ka Naay, its first Marathi feature and a bilingual hip-hop musical set in Mumbai ... Show more
Hombale Films: enters Marathi cinema with hip hop musical Yeto Ka Naay
Hombale Films: enters Marathi cinema with hip hop musical Yeto Ka Naay
Los Angeles Union Station adds brewery to a historic 1930s room: The award-winning brewery, which has a focus on making accessible beers that include lagers ...
dailynews.com/2026/05/26/union-station-adds-brewery-to-a-historic-1930s-room/
GamesRadar+ May 24
Afro Samurai maestro and hip-hop legend RZA thinks anime is the antidote to "formulaic" and "cookie cutter" Hollywood
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Ginger the beaver was robbed of her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The geriatric rodent, who ironically harbored a tree allergy ... Show more
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Vince Staples Explains How Rappers Are the New Rockstars: ‘Hip-Hop Culture Is Popular Culture’
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Reble's Praying Mantis: The female rapper reshaping Indian hip-hop: Reble has emerged as one of hip-hop’s most distinctive new voices, channelling defiance into ...
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ComingSoon by Mandatory May 15
Call of Duty Game Star Would Love to ‘Hop Into’ Taylor Sheridan Movie: A Call of Duty game actor whose face appears on the Black Ops cover says he would love to ...
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No matter what she does, Megan Thee Stallion can't win: Megan Thee Stallion can't win
salon.com/2026/04/30/no-matter-what-she-does-megan-thee-stallion-cant-win/
The Joy FM buys Atlanta’s 97.9 signal, OG hip-hop station shifts to 98.9: Atlanta-based Cumulus media sold its 97.9 signal to Radio Training Network ...
ajc.com/arts-entertainment/2026/05/cumulus-sells-fm-signal-to-joy-fm-moving-hip-hop-station-og-979-to-989/
6 Hip-Hop Artists Who Are Just as Good at Acting as They Are at Rapping: Of all the rappers that have entered Hollywood over the years, Noisey selects six ...
vice.com/en/article/6-hip-hop-artists-who-are-just-as-good-at-acting-as-they-are-at-rapping/
Hip-Hop Pioneer Tied to Multiple, Sometimes Fatal, Scandals Dies at 68: Hip-hop pioneer and highly controversial rapper and DJ Afrika Bambaataa passed away from ...
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Key FactsAfrika Bambaataa: Legacy Marred by Abuse Allegations
Apr 10, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: vice.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: vice.com
- Afrika Bambaataa, a Bronx-born DJ and founder of the Zulu Nation, helped shape 1980s hip-hop with the Roland TR-808 drum machine.
- Starting in 2016, several men publicly accused him of sexual abuse dating back to their childhoods.
- The Universal Zulu Nation expelled Bambaataa following widespread allegations and reports of prolonged abuse.
- After speaking out against Bambaataa, a former associate was fatally shot in Atlanta in 2017 amid fears of retaliation.
"I want him to know how much he damaged me growing up. I was just a child. Why did he take my innocence away? Why did he do this to me?"— Ronald Savage; discussing sexual abuse allegations against Afrika Bambaataa; quoted in the New York Daily News
Hamilton Musical Release Date Announced for Stunning 4K UHD Blu-ray, Has New Footage
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