Category Music

Fenty will be the first Maison launched by LVMH since Christian Lacroix in 1987.​ The timeline above highlights many wins, but it does not reveal how Rihanna’s very first creative ...
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Each ring in the diagram represents Meek Mill’s cultural impact since leaving prison last year. It does not include major career highlights prior to April 2018 or personal challenges the ...
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Using text and speech automation tools, I analyzed Beyonce’s lexicon throughout Homecoming: The Live Album. Trill beats and musicianship aside, why did a performance I’ve already watched sound so fresh? Why ...
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Born Ermias Joseph Asghedom, the diagram above reveals how Nipsey’s hustle has impacted the economy on both a local and national level. Using a combination of government and business data ...
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Meek Mill has been on probation his entire adult life. Every time he wants to leave his home state of Pennsylvania, he has to obtain permission. So when the Philadelphia ...
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This month, the J Dilla Music Tech Grant will expand to three more high schools. Named after the iconic producer who died following complications from lupus in 2006, the initiative will help ...
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DJ Khaled is still right in 2019: Coachella is Beychella. The music festival technically happened this weekend, but thanks to Beyonce, all I cared about was HOMECOMING. The Netflix film reveals the grueling 8-month journey that went ...
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When New York City cops were targeting and shutting down hip hop clubs, Diddy was there. In 1986, when Run-D.M.C. performed at Madison Square Garden for the “Raising Hell Tour” and ...
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