In the years before his death, the Run-DMC D.J. Jam Master Jay secretly turned to the drug trade to keep providing financial support to relatives and friends, according to testimony.
Tag: Music
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Beyoncé Fan’s Radio Request Reignites Country Music Debate
A fan asked his Oklahoma radio station to play a new Beyoncé song. The request was rejected, spurring hundreds of calls and emails about the exclusion of Black musicians from the genre.
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Phantom Artists Stole Their Songs. They Couldn’t Get Them Back.
Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2 billion a year.
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The Energy Challenge: Questlove Made You an Energy Playlist
These 17 tracks will get you moving.