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Mister Cee's friend and fellow Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg remembers the longtime hip-hop DJ and radio host who regularly introduced his audience and the record industry to new talent.
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Albert "Tootie" Heath has died at age 88. He played drums with basically all the greats of the 1950s, '60s and beyond and is on the first albums that Nina Simone and John Coltrane made as bandleaders.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gossip's Beth Ditto about the band's new album, their first one in 12 years.
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Jacob Collier's latest record is the culmination of a four-album project he calls Djesse. NPR's Ari Shapiro chats with Collier about the power of the human voice and the growth of a prodigy.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks to country music legend Dolly Parton about her new album Rockstar.
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Smokey Robinson, who is 83 years old, is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. Now, he's made his way to NPR's Tiny Desk.
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Recordings of old jazz performances at Baltimore's now-closed Famous Ballroom were released earlier in 2023.
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The rapper, an early collaborator with the producer Timbaland, emerged from a Virginia Beach rap crew that produced several future superstars. Like hip-hop itself, he was 50 years old.
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Nicki Minaj spent years hustling in the rap world before she even put out an album. Then in 2010, it all came together with a celebrated guest verse and a debut album that took hip hop by storm.
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To mark hip-hop's 50th anniversary, NPR's All Things Considered explores five moments that are integral to how the culture grew and evolved.