10 Things You Didn’t Know about Roxanne Shante
Roxanne Shante is a hip-hop pioneer. She was the first female member of hip-hop collective, the Juice Crew, the first female rapper to have a hit single, and the first to achieve national success. The…
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The 10 Best Rock Songs Featuring Clapping
There’s nothing cheesy about a little clapping. And by clapping, we’re not talking about applause on live tracks. We’re talking about the kind of deliberate claps artists use to punctuate, drive, shape, and form their…
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10 Things You Didn’t Know about Masta Ace
Masta Ace, born Duval Clear in 1966, was raised by a single mother in Brooklyn. He started writing music in 1978 and has been in the industry since the late 80s. The first record label…
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Did You Know Rick Ross Owns 100 Cars But Doesn’t Have His Driver’s License?
Rick Ross is one celebrity who has never shied away from flaunting his massive wealth. Therefore, you should not be surprised that he owns an extensive collection of cars and lives in a Georgian estate…
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Remembering Joey Jordison: Slipknot Drummer Dies at 46
Nathan Jonas “Joey” Jordison was born on April 26, 1975, in Des Moines, Iowa. Most of his childhood was spent in rural Waukee. During this time, he became interested in music. Looking back, he feels…
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Remembering Dusty Hill: ZZ Top Bassist dies at 72
ZZ Top is one of the most iconic bands, let alone rock bands, in the world. Sadly, it has been announced that the band’s long-time bass player, Joseph Hill, commonly known as Dusty, had passed…
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Sublime Drummer Recalls Pressure From Label Weeks After Nowell’s Death
Sublime was founded in 1988 in Long Beach, California. However, the California punk explosion fueled by Green Day and The Offspring helped the group rise to fame with their unique blend of ska and punk….
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The 10 Best Rock Albums of 1966
1966 was a pivotal year in every possible sense of the word. Everything began changing, and people were becoming more socially and politically active. There were massive shifts in power in the United States government,…
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10 Things You Didn’t Know about Smino
Chris “Smino” Smith Jr. was born October 2, 1991, in St. Louis, Missouri. He learned to play drums in a local church group. Additionally, he was raised in a musical family that exposed him early…
