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Today in History: June 16, Donald Trump launches presidential campaign
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 weeks agoToday in History Today is Sunday, June 16, the 168th day of 2024. There are 198 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 16, 2015, real estate mogul Donald Trump launched ...
Dr. Dre, a Defiant One, Goes From Compton Streets to Receiving His Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Variety via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoFrom the distinction of becoming hip-hop’s first billionaire to being honored with a Hollywood Walk...
Gladys Knight, N.W.A, Laurie Anderson & Tammy Wynette Among 2024 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award...
Deadline via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months agoAvant-garde composer-performer Laurie Anderson, R&B icon Gladys Knight, groundbreaking rap group...
35 of the most influential hip-hop songs in music history
Business Insider via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 months agoTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, Business Insider made a playlist of the genre's most...
Compton honors late N.W.A rapper Eazy-E by naming a street after him
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 months agoAlonzo Williams, left, and Eric Darnell Wright Jr., the son of the late rapper Eazy-E who goes by...
Eazy-E is getting a Compton street named after him: Rapper 'loved where he was from'
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoEazy-E, whose real name was Eric Wright, was born in Compton. He died in 1995 at age 30 after he was...
Has Commercialization Killed Hip-Hop? It’s Complicated.
HuffPost via Yahoo News Singapore· 10 months agoThe commercialization of hip-hop and the overly wrought themes of excess and violence were supposed...
America Has Always Tried To Be Hip-Hop’s Overseer
HuffPost via Yahoo News Singapore· 10 months agoIn the early 1980s, when hip-hop was cementing itself in the Black community, so was a devastating new drug and a police force that didn't know what to...