Earl Simmons, the gruff, formidable rapper from Yonkers, NY better known as DMX, died Friday at the age of 50. He spent his last days on life support at White Plains Hospital in Westchester County after suffering a heart attack on April 2nd.DMX was one of the most famous MCs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when...
Prince recorded an album entitled "Welcome 2 America" in 2010, but postponed it before his death in 2016. his estate will publish it in July. Maybe Prince decided the album was too bleak. Its theme song is ominous, funky, seemingly improvisational, and deeply cynical about an era of misinformation, exploitation, and distraction. A pithy stop-start...
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