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It’s Tricky is a song that mixes a catchy beat with a rock sample from “My Sharona” by The Knack. The lyrics discuss the challenges of maintaining focus in the public eye. This speech is my recital, I ...

It's hard to imagine John Lennon as anything other than John Lennon, but I put it that in another life, he would have been a rapper.

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A cultural legacy of 50 years returns to South Philadelphia this summer: the ODUNDE Festival, the largest African American ...

The question is: Can you trust him? 9. Rakim - "Paid in Full" "Thinkin' of a master plan / Cause ain't nothin' but sweat inside my hand." The hip-hop mission statement. Many have attempted to ...

Rakim, putting him on the radar of rap royalty. His “knock-ups” of logo-emblazoned luxury designer pieces have been worn by Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Salt-N-Pepa, Jam Master Jay and Naomi Campbell (to ...

He would go on to two more solo albums,“The Master” and “The Seventh Seal.” Eric B. and Rakim reunited at the Apollo Theater in 2017 for a “Paid In Full” 30th-anniversary show.

Rakim: When I first heard it ... John Coltrane is like a master minister on this album and his band is like his choir. It contains all those elements of what is commonplace in jazz now.

Erin Keller is a reporter based in Ohio. Her focus is live and trending news, as well as pop culture. She has covered celebrity deaths, lawsuits, and the Hunter Biden gun trial. Erin joined ...