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This Horrible Trump Thing: Inside Prophets of Rage's Battle at the RNC
In an interview before their set, the supergroup told us they got together to be an alternative voice in angry year. But how clearly could that voice be heard in the middle of the chaos in Cleveland?
Rage Against the Machine Are Doing Something Cryptic (Maybe with Chuck D?)
There's a website with a countdown and we don't really know what to do.
Purple Reign, Forever: How Prince Influenced Rap Music for All of Eternity
If Lil Wayne and Andre 3000 are two of the most influential artists of the last half-century, Prince is the purple progenitor, the creator of abstruse shades that Crayola could never copy.
Meet Jalal Nuriddin, the Forgotten Grandfather of Rap Who Inspired Everyone from Beastie Boys to Nas
His 1973 album, Hustlers Convention, sold badly, but has since been heralded as the genesis of rap music. It's untold story is the subject of a new documentary.
Kim Gordon Is a Badass Feminist Rock Goddess
The former Sonic Youth cofounder, frontwoman and bassist on her bestselling new memoir, Girl in a Band, writing songs about Karen Carpenter and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and LL Cool J's surprising favourite rock band.
