Jingle Bars: How two Billboard journalists and echoes of Chic’s ‘Good Times’ merged to create the first Christmas rap
The unlikely story of how two Billboard journalists left their job to create the first Christmas rap record for Kurtis Blow
Here’s the surest sign yet that Hip-Hop is in some deep doo-doo… and it hasn’t happened in 3 decades
Hip-hop hasn’t had this happen in 29 years, the surest sign yet that it is on the decline. #HiphopNews #HipHop50
Spinning Nicki Minaj’s Return to No. 1 as a Win for Hip-Hop Is Dubious… but Doable (for her)
Nicki Minaj’s latest No. 1 triumph (Pink Friday 2) highlights the good, the bad and the ugly of hip-hop, particularly for its women.
2023 Faves: How the Pointer Sisters Stole the Show on My Spotify Wrapped
(December 2, 2023). How did this happen? I like the Pointer Sisters. No, in fact, I love the Pointer Sisters. But I certainly wasn’t prepared for the results of this…
Eternal Groove: Honoring the Late Jean Knight, the Queen of Stax Records’ Epic Rebound Year!
(November 30, 2023). By most accounts, Stax Records, the label founded by two white siblings whose original focus was country and rockabilly music, already had its Queen. That was Carla…