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Jennifer Hudson performs during Center Theatre Group’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.
May 26

Entertaining AF: Center Theatre Group Proves There Is Great Theater in LA

There’s nothing like the party Center Theatre Group threw to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
By Emily Bicks
Patrick Adams
May 12

Legendary Producer Patrick Adams Has Priceless Advice for Aspiring Artists

The iconic soul, disco and hip-hop producer talks negotiating deals, working with Eric B. & Rakim, and Kanye stealing his grooves.
By Justin Joffe
Sleaford Mods
Mar 30

Sleaford Mods Aren’t Your Generation’s Spokesmodels

"I’ve known it in a minute. It’s fucked, innit? If you haven’t got money, then you suffer. I can’t see any leader making things better."
By Brad Cohan
A model backstage ahead at Vivienne Westwood.
Dec 13

Menswear’s New Bold Brits

By David Waters
Michael Kiwanuka.
Nov 30

Beyond Soul: Michael Kiwanuka Grapples With Being a Black Man in a White World

By Jim Farber
Sean Paul.
Sep 8

Don’t Blame Drake: Modern Dancehall Is Built on Appropriation

By Justin Joffe
Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler of Digable Planets, at BRIC's Celebrate Brooklyn Festival on July 30th, 2016
Aug 1

Digable Planets Return to Brooklyn as the Spark of High-Minded Hip-Hop

By Justin Joffe
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 21: Vocalist Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan performs at Converse & Thrasher Magazine's Death Match during the 2015 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at The Gypsy on March 21, 2015 in Austin, Texas.
Mar 10

Your Guide to the Best Music at SXSW 2016 (and Surviving All the Bullshit)

By Justin Joffe
Crickets are the new kale.
Mar 7

Cricket Bars Are the Next Trendy Food—And You Might Start Seeing Them In Rap Videos

By Sage Lazzaro
Jan 4

10 Albums From 2015 We’ll Still Be Listening to This Time Next Year

By Justin Joffe
Madonna in Givenchy
Feb 8

Grammy Awards 2015 Red Carpet Style

By Molly Mulshine
PRemier is gettign ready to relocate to Queens come Jan. 7. (Photo: Michael Hicks)
Jan 2

DJ Premier Reflects on D&D Studios in His Last Days There

By Damian Ghigliotty
Russell Simmons stands outside City Hall next to rapper Common and leaders from Gathering for Justice (Photo: Will Bredderman).
Dec 10

Russell Simmons: Cuomo Promised Me Special Prosecutor for Police Abuse

By Will Bredderman
Nas made his fame making some of the greatest rap albums of all time — now he's making seed level investments and developing young talent. (Photo via Getty)
May 28

Rapper Nas Teams Up With Koru To Sponsor Even More Tech Scholarships

By Jack Smith IV
Apr 17

General Assembly Teams Up With Rapper Nas To Get Black and Latino Students Into Tech

By Jack Smith IV
Feb 15

Rumor Roundup: Rap Genius Cofounder Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

By The Editors
Oct 17

Mo’ Money for Rap Genius: Impish Ivy Leaguers Raise Millions for Internet Decoder Ring

By Nitasha Tiku
Mr. Kutcher at TechCrunch Disrupt. (flickr.com/kevinkrejci
Aug 2

Kanye West Is Advising NYC Startup The Fancy on the Future of Commerce

By Nitasha Tiku
Jun 12

Nas, Nick Cannon, and Blake Griffin Are Now ‘Cofounders’ In 12Society, a Birchbox for Aspirational Bros

By Nitasha Tiku
Jun 12

Nas, Nick Cannon, and Blake Griffin Are Now ‘Cofounders’ In 12Society, a Birchbox for Aspirational Bros

By Nitasha Tiku
Dec 2

Brandishing Brush for Basel, Nas Paints $14,000 Painting On Stage

By Andrew Russeth
Nov 30

Hip Hop Don’t Stop: Rap Genius Aims To Explain…Everything

By Ben Popper
Toure holds court in Brooklyn.
Sep 14

Touré's Colorful Post-Black Book Party

By Drew Grant
Nas.
Sep 13

Nas to Co-Write Memoir with Touré, Cause Mass Hysteria

By Emily Witt
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