Music
Geffen Records has rocked the music industry with its decision not to distribute an album by the rap music group Geto Boys.
Aug. 29, 1990
Nothing since the arrival of punk in the late ‘70s has given pop music a greater creative jolt than rap music.
June 24, 1990
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: Annie Lennox promises to break the hearts of her fans soon.
Feb. 28, 1990
Pop & Hiss
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Sept. 30, 2011
“I’m as American as apple pie,” says Angel Ferreira, adding after a pause, “or a burrito.”
Aug. 4, 1989
You know rap music--the once raw and radical sound that was born on New York ghetto streets--has become mainstream when six rap acts play the Universal Amphitheatre as part of a national tour sponsored by a soft-drink company.
Aug. 2, 1986
MICHAEL JACKSON has kept a low profile of late: He lived in self-imposed exile in Bahrain after his June 2005 acquittal on child molestation charges, then moved to Ireland in May.
Oct. 1, 2006
Obituaries
Ronnie Wilson, co-founder of the R&B and funk group the Gap Band, named for the site of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died at 73.
Nov. 3, 2021
Entertainment & Arts
L.A. may see light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel. But for the punk musicians and artists of the Sidewalk Project, harm-reduction work carries on.
March 23, 2021
Dec. 19, 2017