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Gil Scott-Heron, soul poet, dead at 62
Turn It UpPublic Enemy’s Chuck D once said hip-hop was black America's CNN. If so, Gil Scott-Heron was the network’s first great anchorman, presaging hip-hop and infusing soul and jazz with poetry, humor and pointed political commentary. Scott-Heron... -
Gil Scott-Heron, the essential recordings
Turn It Up“Whatever happened to the people who gave a damn?” Gil Scott-Heron once asked in song. The Chicago-born artist was a voice of dissent in a music industry that was turning into a big business during the ‘70s, transforming pop hits...... -
Gil Scott-Heron dies at 62; singer and poet 'set the template' for rap music
Gil Scott-Heron, a singer, songwriter, poet and author whose social commentary and combination of spoken words with musical grooves are widely cited as a seminal influence on rap music, died Friday. He was 62.
The Associated Press reported that a friend,...Tags: University of the District of Columbia, Langston Hughes, Johannesburg (South Africa), Ronald Reagan, Eminem
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Gil Scott-Heron dies at 62; 'godfather of rap' receives Twitter tributes from Eminem, Snoop Dogg and more
Ministry of GossipGil Scott-Heron's famous fans turned to Twitter to pay tribute to the poet and musician known for influencing rap music.... -
Elvis Presley to receive the hip-hop remix treatment on a new album
Pop & HissThe connection between hip-hop and Elvis Presley has been relatively tenuous since Chuck D discouraged matters on "Fight the Power." Branding the Mississippi-born legend a racist, the Public Enemy frontman famously opined that Elvis never "meant [a thing]... -
Chuck D premieres 'By the time I get to Arizona' art piece, talks politics and art
Pop & HissTwenty years ago, Chuck D penned the prescient "By the Time I Get to Arizona," a searing tangent aimed at the state legislators who refused to vote for a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. With the passage of April's anti-immigration...... -
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's new film unveils a hidden chapter from hoops history
The Big PictureIt's hard to imagine any institution that has done more to showcase African American style and culture than basketball, which has spawned generation after generation of infectious icons of cool, from Bill Russell, Dr. J and Magic Johnson to Michael...... -
SXSW 2011: Bootlegging, blog-rap, the Cool Kids and Black Hippies: The Nah Right/Smoking Section showcase
Pop & HissWhen I interviewed Chuck D recently, he pinned rap's ails on the demise of the group. And certainly with album sales declining and egos still ballooning, much of the last decade featured few legitimate new outfits. But things started to...... -
Hip-hop responds to Bin Laden's death (in tweet form)
Pop & HissRappers, including Bun B, Chuck D., Styles P, MC Hammer and more, react via Twitter to the killing of Osama bin Laden.... -
Album review: Tyler, the Creator's 'Goblin'
Pop & HissRandall Roberts reviews the new album from Tyler, the Creator, the controversial leader of the Los Angeles hip hop crew Odd Future.... -
Book reviews: 'Preaching With Sacred Fire' and 'The Anthology of Rap'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesPreaching With Sacred Fire An Anthology of African American Sermons, 1750 to the Present Edited by Martha Simmons and Frank A. Thomas W.W. Norton: 976 pp., $45 The Anthology of Rap Edited by Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois Yale University Press:...Tags: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Slavery, Los Angeles, Frederick Douglass, Music
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Concert review: Yeasayer at Metro
Turn It UpChris Keating, Anand Wilder and Ira Wolf Tuton, the three principal members of Yeasayer, arrived on stage Thursday at the sold-out Metro looking like they belonged in three different bands: Keating in preppy slacks and shirt, Tuton in a sleeveless......
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