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Music Review: Ice Spice flexes her flow on brief debut album, 'Y2K!'
Virality, it could be assumed, is a gift and a curse. Hit big online and channel that momentum into mainstream appeal, then the work comes: How does an artist sustain success? Ice Spice, the laidback Bronx rapper born Isis Naija Gaston with the too-cool-for-school, lackadaisical flow...
Can you guess Olympians' warmup songs? World's top athletes share their favorite tunes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Curious about which songs are fueling the Olympians competing in Paris starting this month? The Associated Press has an idea. Some of the world's top athletes from the Olympics and Paralympics have shared their favorite warmup tracks, revealing what gets them...
As doctors leave Puerto Rico in droves, a rapper tries to fill the gaps
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — On a recent morning in an Afro-Caribbean community in northeast Puerto Rico, Dr. Pedro Juan Vázquez went door-to-door as part of his medical rounds. He greeted the elderly residents the town with a cheerful “Good afternoon!” and a smile and casually asked if...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 28-Aug. 3
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 28-Aug. 3: July 28: Cartoonist Jim Davis (“Garfield”) is 79. Actor Linda Kelsey (“Lou Grant”) is 78. Singer Jonathan Edwards is 78. Actor Sally Struthers is 77. Drummer Simon Kirke of Bad Company is 75. Guitarist Steve Morse of Deep...
LL Cool J relearned 'how to rap' on his first album in 11 years, 'The FORCE.' Here's how
NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammy award winning rapper-actor- author LL COOL J will release his first new album in 11 years, “The FORCE” in September — 40 years into his hip-hop career. Not that he hasn't been making music in that time. “I've always tinkered around in the studio...
Blackpink rapper Lisa joins Global Citizen Festival lineup in New York's Central Park
NEW YORK (AP) — Blackpink rapper Lisa will join the Global Citizen Festival lineup in New York’s Central Park for her first solo performance at a festival, the anti-poverty nonprofit announced Tuesday. Lisa joins headliners Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll and Raouw Alejandro...
Today in History: July 5, Dolly the sheep marks cloning breakthrough
Today in History Today is Friday, July 5, the 187th day of 2024. There are 179 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 5, 1996, Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell by scientists at the Roslin...
BET Awards 2024: Usher is honored, Will Smith returns, and the election is top of mind
Usher accepted the lifetime achievement award at the 2024 BET Awards — even if the superstar mused it might be a bit early. The Grammy winner stayed on his feet as a parade of artists performed his hits — Childish Gambino kicked it off with “U Don’t Have to Call,” joined by...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 7-13
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 7-13: July 7: Bandleader Doc Severinsen is 97. Drummer Ringo Starr is 84. Singer-guitarist Warren Entner of the Grass Roots is 81. Actor Joe Spano is 78. Singer David Hodo (the construction worker) of The Village People is 77. Country singer...
Music Review: Megan Thee Stallion’s fierce ‘Megan’ trades hot girl summers for a different freedom
“Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past, over and over again,” Megan Thee Stallion says in the spoken-word intro for her “Cobra" music video. It is the first single from “Megan,” her third studio album, and one of many songs channeling snakes. She sounds as...
