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☆ Did That Hit Arrive in 2022 or 1987? This Year, It Was Hard to Tell.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Jon Caramanica | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Turns out it’s the same sample, a sleight of ear designed to trigger warm nostalgia, and also maybe a little confusion. Even its video is optimized for recognition, with Santana doing the same stomp Beyoncé does in hers, in an almost identical outfit. Throughout 2022, that gambit has been deployed again and again — by pop singers and rappers, established stars and newbies. Here, old songs — hip-hop classics, pop novelties and more — are scrunched and stretched sometimes to the point of absurdity. These songs are concessions that say the quiet part out loud — everyone has always been borrowing voraciously, from everyone else, constantly.

☆ Suspect in murder of Migos rapper Takeoff arrested in Houston
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Dan Whitcomb | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 2 (Reuters) - A suspect has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of rapper Takeoff last month, Houston police and city officials said on Friday, in what the mayor called the latest tragic example of "a young man taking the life of another young man." Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, was taken into custody on Thursday evening and charged with murder, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner told a news conference alongside Mayor Sylvester Turner. Two other people were wounded in the shooting, which police said erupted during an argument over a "lucrative" dice game. He was an innocent bystander," Houston Police Sergeant Michael Burrow told the news conference." Ball is the latest rapper to be slain by gunfire in recent years, following Nipsey Hussle, Pop Smoke and King Von.

☆ Rap industry leaders say hip-hop should not be the ‘scapegoat’ for the growing violence
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Candice Williams | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +14 min

The hip-hop community calls for change, but there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to the violence. So I think hip-hop is the scapegoat for a lot of things.”Greg Yuna and Lenny Santiago. Some of those murders are now being explored in a new WE tv’s docuseries “Hip Hop Homicides,” which looks at the shooting deaths of rap artists including Pop Smoke, XXXTentacion and King Von. In some cases, money exacerbates some of these things.”Although Lathan believes there should be more accountability in hip-hop from those who create the violence, rap artists can’t always be blamed for the violence that surrounds them or happens to them. Caz said that in those days hip-hop music was used as a form of escape.

☆ ‘Hip Hop Homicides’ didn’t intend to be timely
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“Everyone who gets the culture knows that hip hop is not just violence,” Lathan told CNN in a recent interview. Yet gun violence has claimed the lives of at least one hip hop artist every year since 2018. “So, whether we like it or not, there’s something to talk about…there’s something to talk about and we have to discuss it.”That discussion has come in the form of WEtv’s new series “Hip Hop Homicides,” which looks at the shooting deaths of hip hop artists including Pop Smoke, XXXTentacion and King Von. “And he felt suspicious about some of the details about Pop’s murder.”Williams told CNN it was important for the show to feature interviews with friends and family of the late artists. And if we really attack a couple of things, then we might be able to have better outcomes for future generations.”“Hip Hop Homicides” airs Thursdays at 9 p.m.

☆ Analysis: A new Netflix show keeps the memory of Blockbuster alive
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Three things to watch‘Blockbuster’(From left) Olga Merediz and Melissa Fumero in a scene from Netflix's "Blockbuster." In the eponymous show, Randall Park plays Timmy Yoon, “an analog dreamer living in a 5G world” who manages the last Blockbuster location out there. The series is streaming on Netflix now. ‘Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me’Selena Gomez attends the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards on February 27 in Santa Monica, California. (From left) Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell and Victoria Beckham of the Spice Girls perform during the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 12, 2012.

☆ Takeoff’s killing: Details from the coroner’s report and Offset’s subtle tribute
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —New details regarding the death of Takeoff have been revealed as the artist continues to be mourned. Takeoff, who came to fame as one-third of the platinum-selling rap group Migos, was shot and killed early Tuesday at a private party in Houston, Texas. The Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office listed the manner of death as homicide with “penetrating gunshot wounds of head and torso into the arm” stated as the cause of his death. “That’s why I don’t even really post like that, or if I do, I post after I left the spot. I post tomorrow or the next day and you think I’m at a location.

CNN —Houston officials vowed to deliver justice in the killing of rapper Takeoff, with the chief of police calling the 28-year-old Atlantan a “peaceful” man and urging any witnesses to the shooting to come forward. There were roughly 40 people at the event, many of whom left “possibly out of fear,” Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said. “This great city, with our great citizens, with our police department – we will find who’s responsible for it. Finner was clear, however, that investigators do not believe Takeoff was “involved in anything criminal at the time,” he said. Rap star was on an upward trajectoryThe news of Takeoff’s death was a blow to the hip-hop community, still reeling from the fatal shooting of rapper PnB Rock in September.

Rolling Loud New York is scheduled to take place at Citi Field in Queens, New York this weekend, but three drill rappers initially expected to perform have been axed from the lineup. The NYPD’s actions mirror what happened at Rolling Loud New York in 2019, when the department banned 22Gz and fellow drill rapper Pop Smoke from hitting the stage. Neither the NYPD, Mayor Adams or Rolling Loud have released an official statement. However, the organizers of the festival graciously agreed to pay Sha Ek for the canceled performance. If Rolling Loud wants to put you guys on, then they won’t have a permit.’But Rolling Loud was like, ‘We’re still going to honor the payment.

☆ Gala Grammy, amânată din cauza pandemiei
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Gala premiilor Grammy a fost amânată din cauza agravării situaţiei epidemiologice din orașul american Los Angeles. Ceremonia care urma să aibă loc în 31 ianuarie a reprogramată pentru 14 martie.Beyonce, care a obținut de-a lungul carierei 24 de premii Grammy, s-a ales cu cele mai multe nominalizări pentru ediția din acest an, nouă la număr, inclusiv pentru albumul Black Parade și piesa anului.O altă favorită a galei este Taylor Swift. Artista în vârstă de 30 de ani a fost nominalizată de șase ori, inclusiv pentru cel mai bun album al anului sau piesa anului.Tot cu câte șase nominalizări s-au ales rapperul Roddy Ricch și Dua Lipa.Justin Bieber, Da Baby și Billie Eilish s-au ales cu câte patru nominalizări.John Prine, Juice WRLD (se pronunţă juice world), Pop Smoke şi Leonard Cohen au fost nominalizați post - mortem. Gala Premiilor Grammy se organizează din 1959.

Persons: Taylor Swift . Artista, Roddy Ricch, Bieber, Billie Eilish, Pop Smoke, Leonard Cohen Organizations: Black Locations: american Los Angeles

☆ Grammy Awards 2021: Beyonce a primit cele mai multe nominalizări
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-25 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Printre ceilalţi favoriţi ai galei, cu câte șase nominalizări, se numără Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift și Roddy Rich. Albumul care va face valuri la ediția din 2021 a premiilor este Black Parade, lansat în timpul protestelor din SUA, de acum câteva luni. Artista în vârstă de 30 de ani a primit 6 nominalizări, inclusivpentru cel mai bun album al anului sau piesa anului. Surpriza a fost Brittany Howard, membra a trupei Alabama Shakes, care a primit 5 nominalizari pentru debutul ei solo. Artiştii care au primit nominalizări post-mortem sunt John Prine, Juice WRLD(se pronunţă juice world), Pop Smoke şi Leonard Cohen.

Persons: Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Roddy Rich, Taylor Swift . Artista, Howard, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, John Prine, Pop Smoke, Leonard Cohen . Gala, Trevor Noah Organizations: Black Parade, american Comedy Central Locations: SUA, Los Angeles, american

☆ Taylor Swift a ajuns la performanţa obţinută de Whitney Houston în topul american al albumelor
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Discul a fost vândut în 90.000 de unităţi, în SUA, în a şasea săptămână de la lansare, încheiată pe 3 septembrie, potrivit Nielsen Music/MRC Data. În plus, Taylor Swift a egalat-o pe Whitney Houston în ceea ce priveşte totalul săptămânilor petrecute de o artistă pe primul loc în istoria clasamentului. Cu această a şasea săptămână, Swift are acum 46 de săptămâni în fruntea clasamentului. Juice WRLD şi „Legends Never Die”, lansat postum, şi-au menţinut de asemenea poziţia în top, a treia, cu 64.000 de unităţi vândute în a opta săptămână. Înregistrarea „Hamilton: An American Musical” a coborât două locuri în top, până pe şase, după ce a fost vândută în 48.000 de unităţi în a 258-a săptămână de la lansare.

Persons: Drake, Taylor Swift, Whitney Houston, Swift, Houston, Adele, Pop, San Francisco Symphony, Katy Perry, Baby, Rod Organizations: Nielsen Music, Houston, Billboard, M2 Locations: SUA, San Francisco, Statele Unite

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