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“Everyone in our circle was listening to a lot of West Coast hip hop, and it was minor key and dark. If you could take that to the next level, you could make it heavy metal”: How hip hop changed metal forever

Anthrax, Rage Against The Machine and Korn all owe a debt to hip hop

Metal Hammer

Congress may cut WIC access for 360,000

Changes to SNAP and Medicaid could make it significantly harder for families to access WIC benefits

Salon

Sex, drugs and a lot more than rock’n’roll: 50 years of Triple J, Australia’s youth radio station

On this day in 1975, 2JJ started broadcasting – exposing Australia to banned songs, swear words and radical politics. Those who were there recall the anarchy and the aspiration

The Guardian - AU

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Eagles blast NWA’s ‘Straight Outta Compton’ at practice ahead of divisional round game vs. Rams

Eagles blast NWA's 'Straight Outta Compton' at practice ahead of divisional round game vs. Rams

USA Today Sports Media Group

Eminem, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, N.W.A. and Janet Jackson get Songwriters Hall of Fame nods

Eminem, Boy George, George Clinton, Sheryl Crow, Janet Jackson, the Doobie Brothers, N

The Independent UK

WIC needs more access, less politics

"The premise is simple, but the impact will be profound," says the CEO of the National WIC Association

Salon

From John Lennon to NWA: 14 of the best protest songs, ranked

From Marvin Gaye to Little Simz, here are 14 songs that illuminate the power of protest music to make change, as ranked by Finn Cliff Hodges

The Independent UK

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“I had a ridiculously long, complex chord and key change solo section. And who comes to mind? Steve Vai!” How Billy Morrison assembled a guitar lineup that includes John 5, Steve Stevens and Steve Vai for his triumphant comeback solo album

Inspired by a basic signal chain and the “simplest guitar album on the planet”, Billy Idol’s right-hand man feels vindicated with the unplanned success of The Morrison Project

Guitar World

The first trailer for Billy Corgan's new reality TV show is online and it looks pretty wild

"Every day I question my sanity" - Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan

Louder

Furious, funny and potentially fatal: hip-hop’s 20 greatest diss tracks – ranked!

As Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more continue their high-profile beef, we run down the most inspired – and vicious – attacks in rap’s history

The Guardian - UK

"I'm thrilled to share an inside look into our family's wild life through the world of wrestling and rock'n'roll": A Billy Corgan reality TV show is coming to a small screen near you

Billy Corgan's Adventures in Carnyland premieres next month, and it's unscripted

Louder

What do you call rapper J Cole apologising to Kendrick Lamar? A modern business masterclass

The headlines around the top hip-hop artists focuses on spats and feuds, and obscures the fact that so many are capitalists of genius, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

The Guardian - UK

Dwayne Johnson said he wants to "make films that matter" and next up is a wrestling biopic about Ric Flair

The Rock will produce the biopic about the NWA great

Total Film

"Probably two percent of all photographers in those days were black", Normski recalls how he became the man with the golden shutter in the age of hip-hop

From its humble beginnings, Normski recorded the rise of hip-hop culture as it became a global phenomenon

Digital Camera World

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Evening Standard

Ice Cube at London’s O2: Timings, support act, and set list

Ice Cube will be joined by two hip-hop support acts tonight

Cinemablend

The WWE Championship has been held by many wrestling legends, but not every heavy hitter got the chance.

The Independent UK

Ice Cube roasts Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover in brutal meme exchange: ‘Feel stupid yet?’

Tesla CEO sparked online feud by posting meme of NWA rapper

The Independent UK

Pursuing art over university made difference to mental health: sneaker artist

Stella Stockbridge, 20, has garnered the attention of global footwear brands such as Nike for her unique artwork.

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The Week

Fifty years of hip hop

Its widely accepted birth date is 11 August 1973, when a now legendary party was thrown in a community room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, a tower block in the Bronx, New York. It was organised by Cindy Campbell, a Jamaican-born teenager, who charged 25 cents for ladies and 50 cents…

Cinemablend

Friend Or Foe? NXT And Impact Vet EC3 Reflects On History With Tyrus Ahead Of Championship Match At NWA 75

Heading into his championship bullrope match with Tyrus at NWA 75, EC3 talked to CinemaBlend about their shared "friend or foe" history.

The Guardian - UK

‘It was freaking bananas!’: rap luminaries on the defining moments from 50 years of hip-hop

From Brooklyn block parties to globe-trotting glory, some of the biggest names in hip-hop share their personal highlights from five decades of rap, rebellion and raising the roof

Metal Hammer

"Craziness, drugs, alcohol, chicks – you name it, I did it." How Korn's most chaotic and hedonistic era birthed a nu metal classic in Follow The Leader

Follow The Leader officially confirmed Korn as nu metal superstars. It also sent the band flying off the rails.

Louder

"The N.W.A. attitude is we don't give a f**k": how Straight Outta Compton changed hip-hop, and then the world

Released on August 8, 1988, N.W.A.'s explosive debut album Straight Outta Compton remains one of the most powerful protest records ever

The Independent UK

Ice Cube on Kanye, cancel culture and conspiracies: ‘Hip-hop was pure – then the agenda changed’

The hip-hop pioneer and NWA alumnus speaks to Will Pritchard about antisemitism, performing with the greats, and where his politics lie today

Tribune News Service

Dr. Dre to receive first Hip-Hop Icon Award from ASCAP

Music industry organization ASCAP is giving Dr. Dre its inaugural Hip-Hop Icon Award.

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