Posted inContent Type: Personal Profile Rap and Hip-Hop RZA Wu-Tang Clan RZA Talks About Wu-Tang Clan’s Final Chamber Tour The pathbreaking New York rap group, which has rarely performed as a full unit, is hitting the road for the last time. Posted by By Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli
Posted inDeaths (Obituaries) Rap and Hip-Hop Voletta Wallace Wallace, Christopher G Voletta Wallace, Mother Who Shaped the Notorious B.I.G.’s Legacy, Dies at 78 She played the rapper music as a child, stood by his side during his meteoric career and navigated the legal and artistic questions that arose after his killing. Posted by By Joe Coscarelli
Posted inAnjimile (Singer) Blanco, Benny Dustin Wong Emma-Jean Thackray Gomez, Selena Hadreas, Mike Harding, Aldous Hurray for the Riff Raff (Music Group) Jazz Ledisi (1972- ) Mamalarky (Music Group) McKinley Dixon McRae, Tate (2003- ) Overall, Kassa Pop and Rock Music Quelle Chris (Rapper) Rap and Hip-Hop Segarra, Alynda Sleigh Bells (Music Group) Smerz (Music Group) Tate McRae Dances in and Out of Love, and 10 More New Songs Hear tracks by Ledisi, Perfume Genius featuring Aldous Harding, Smerz and others. Posted by By Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz
Posted inCombs, Sean Human Trafficking Race and Ethnicity Rap and Hip-Hop Sex Crimes Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Argues He’s Facing a Mann Act Charge Because of His Race The music mogul’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss a sex-trafficking charge, saying that the law involved has “racist origins.” Posted by By Julia Jacobs