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The Fall and Rise of Machine Gun Kellynew

From sex to booze to homelessness ... and now salvation and stardom.

Cleveland Scene | Jordan Zirm | 10-19-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cleveland Rap, Machine Gun Kelly

Gastro Physicistsnew

A look at Das Racist's meteoric rise in the rap world.

Orlando Weekly | Philip Mlynar and Justin Strout | 10-06-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

The long, strange trip of Richard Buckner’s Our Blood, including multiple setbacks, odd jobs record-destroying equipment failures and a bizarre encounter with rural New York police involving a headless corpse.

Columbia Free Times | Patrick Wall | 10-05-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Merge Records, Richard Buckner, Our Blood

Wu-Tang Stylenew

Are Lady Wu-Tang hip-hop’s first true cover group?

Boulder Weekly | Quibian Salazar-Moreno | 09-06-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Lady Wu-Tang

Hard Out Here for a Thugnew

Compton rapper Game returns to an industry that's gone soft.

L.A. Weekly | Jeff Weiss | 08-26-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: rap, The Game, Twitter

Hootie and the Blowfish keep exploringnew

With Hootie and the Blowfish no longer touring, the annual Homegrown concerts for the Hootie and the Blowfish Foundation have become significant events for fans in the Carolinas.

Charleston City Paper | Chris Parker | 08-09-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Evolution of a Dreamnew

Key Ingredients of African Soul release their debut album

Tucson Weekly | Jim Lipson | 08-08-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Cults Followingnew

An 'accidental band' can barely keep up with its own success

Tucson Weekly | Eric Swedlund | 08-01-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

New York Dolls Continue to Strut Their Stuffnew

An interview with singer David Johansen of the New York Dolls.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Grant Britt | 07-11-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: New York Dolls

Weird Al: Perform This Waynew

'Weird Al' Yankovic prepares to release a new album—yes, including Lady Gaga parodies.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 06-13-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Weird Al Yankovic, lady gaga parody

DJ Quik: Trials and Tribulations of a West Coast Legendnew

Like most redemption stories worth telling, this one starts with the lowest point: solitary confinement in the West Valley Penitentiary, where for most of the sweltering summer of 2006 DJ Quik contemplated the cruel arc of his rise and fall.

L.A. Weekly | Jeff Weiss | 06-03-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: DJ Quik