The New York Times – Music:
The influential rap trio’s catalog has long been absent from streaming services. Now its first six albums will be available, just weeks after the death of one of its members.
Category: Rap and Hip-Hop
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Pharrell and Luxury Fashion’s Hip-Hop Obsession
The New York Times – Music:
The hitmaker has been named a creative director at Louis Vuitton, building another bridge between two worlds with decades of history.
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Pharrell Threads the Needle
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Why Louis Vuitton chose Mr. Williams as its new designer of men’s wear. It’s bigger than hip-hop.
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Nipsey Hussle’s Killer Sentenced to 60 Years to Life in Prison
The New York Times – Music:
Eric R. Holder Jr. was found guilty of first-degree murder last year in the 2019 killing of Hussle outside a clothing store he had founded in Los Angeles.
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Luka Doncic Only Makes Basketball Look Easy
The New York Times – Sports:
The Dallas Mavericks guard is having the best season of his career. Long media-shy, he’s now opening up about life in the N.B.A. spotlight, and his plans for life after.
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Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul’s 10 Essential Songs
The New York Times – Music:
The Long Island rapper David Jolicoeur, known for his freewheeling rhyme style, has died at 54, just weeks before his trio’s catalog arrives on streaming services.
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Rihanna Returns on the Super Bowl Stage and Confirms Second Pregnancy
The New York Times – Sports:
Rihanna did not bring any other artists to the stage, preferring to frame the set as a celebration of her dominant pop career. The performance also served as a pregnancy reveal.
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After a Long Hiatus, a Pregnant Rihanna Returns on the Super Bowl Stage
The New York Times – Sports:
Rihanna did not bring any other artists to the stage, preferring to frame the set as a celebration of her dominant pop career. The performance also served as a pregnancy reveal.
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De La Soul’s Dave Jolicoeur, a.k.a. Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54
The New York Times – Music:
The trio expanded the stylistic vocabulary of hip-hop in the 1980s and ’90s, but its early experiments with sampling led to legal troubles, and the group’s longtime exclusion from streaming.