The Legacy of J. Dilla is making its debut on the FX network tonight. The New York Times documentary about the late hip-hop producer explores Dilla’s ingenuity as a beatmaker, the history of his Conant Gardens neighborhood and the various conflicts over his estate. Dilla died in 2006 at ageContinue Reading
Why did the New York Times classify all rap music as materialistic, lustful and drug-oriented?    What’s wrong with Jay-Z and Beyonce using a never-seen painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat in a commericial for Tiffany and Company?  Did Billie Eilish use former X-Factor contestant Diamond White’s unreleased songContinue Reading
How did the NYTimes dismiss decades of hip-hop history by crediting Drake with making singing commonplace in rap? How was Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Lauryn Hill, Ja Rule and T-Pain and many more who came before Drake? Is rapper Noname really going to stop her career because she is tired ofContinue Reading