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Here are 7 Black country musicians who have redefined the genre.

“Ladies and Gentleman: The Revolution.”  Those are the first words spoken in Prince’s 1984 film Purple Rain, released two days after his multi-generational defining studio album of the same name. Thirty years before Beyoncé gave us her masterful film-album, Lemonade, in 2016, the Artist Who Reclaimed His Name Prince set the bar not yet otherwise […]

With 'Purple Rain' Prince weaved the sacred word and sound across a loom made of and by the living world of blues. He would not live to see the vicious murder of George Floyd, but he knew it all the same, that Minneapolis Goddamn. 

We were forever more deprived of those endlessly elastic, effortlessly graceful legs. Those precise legs. And the sounds, his sounds–the perfect amalgam of melody and rhythm that made millions move, generations smile, and masses cry. 

Ye FKA Kanye West took shots at adidas, an employee at GOAT, and Drake after shouting out his "Carnival" collaborators.

With Blue Lips, ScHoolboy Q masterfully orchestrates calm and chaos while reminding folks that Figg still gets the money.

If you haven't heard of JT and Yung Miami, rethink your life.

The "Medicine" singer/songwriter looks happier than ever.

G-G-G-G-Unit!

'Memba These?

The actress and rapper called it quits, but say they will always be a unit for the sake of their child.