30 Years Later: Vanilla Ice almost signed with Def Jam instead of SBK, the label of Wilson Phillips and Technotronic. Hmmm…what if he had?
(November 21, 2020). For decades, many music historians and hip-hop heads have made 1990s rapper Vanilla Ice a perennial punching bag for the many things considered wrong with early ‘90s…
These were the six ‘amazing’ Black female country singers Maren Morris gave shout-outs to at the CMAs Wednesday.
(November 12, 2020). The surprising number of artists who had to cancel their appearances at Wednesday night’s Country Music Association awards due to Covid-19 wasn’t the only headline associated with…
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What if “featuring” so-and-so was a thing back in the day? These artists would have had (more) No. 1 hits…
(November 7, 2020). For decades now, artists have been given “featured” credits on other artists’ hits. It’s no longer the exception but the rule, particularly during the hip-hop era –…
Five Michael Jackson songs that are scarier – or at least more disturbing – than “Thriller”!
(October 31, 2020). It’s Halloween in the year from hell. And even with all the fear and uncertainty that 2020 brought and continues to bring (as a deadly pandemic rages…
Are middle-aged rap icons the new ambassadors for our social issues, or just political pawns?
(October 26, 2020). In the age before commercialized hip-hop existed (i.e. pre-1979), there was a bevy of civil rights leaders who were well known throughout modern history and who –…