Drake has tossed his hat into the legal marijuana business, which he announced Wednesday in an Instagram video. He’s partnered with the Canadian-based company Canopy Growth Corporation. The rapper is calling his new business More Life Growth Company and, according to legal filings, he’ll […]
Rapper and producer Kanye West’s ninth studio album, “Jesus Is King,” has debuted on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart at No. 1, the magazine reported Sunday. The popularity of West’s new gospel album, released Oct. 25, places him in a tie with the rapper […]
Lil Nas X continues to make his mark in music history. His record-breaking hit, “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, has now become the fastest song to be certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America, Billboard reported. The country trap song […]
Dizzy Gillespie, with his signature puffed cheeks, horned-rim glasses, beret and bent-bell trumpet, used this musical talent to become a world-renowned figure in the world of jazz. The late trumpeter was born October 21, 1917 in Cheraw, S.C. John Birks Gillespie grew up in […]
Fela Kuti was a pioneer of the Afrobeat musical movement whose intense and pointed lyrics made him a target of the Nigerian government. The late musician was born October 15, 1938. Kuti was born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti to a minister father and activist […]
*On November 5, BMG Books will publish Goin’ Off: The Story of the Juice Crew & Cold Chillin’ Records by Ben Merlis. The book, which is part of the RPM Series that focuses on record labels, is part narrative and part oral history, assembled from […]
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