By RYAN PEARSON, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther […]
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Common’s Father & Inspiring Poet, “Pops” Lonnie Lynn, Dies at 71
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lonnie Lynn, known to hip-hop fans for his soulful spoken-word poems on rapper son Common’s albums, has died. Lynn died at age 71 on Friday, Common […]
After Recent Deaths, Health Is New Priority in Rap
LOS ANGELES— Hip-hop may need a checkup. The culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to gun violence has in recent years seen a series of notable rappers […]
Will.i.am Rebuts Accusations of Song Theft
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Will.i.am says he’s been unfairly accused of stealing a song from a Russian dance producer for use on his new album. The producer-rapper-singer has acknowledged […]