UPDATE:Chicago Police detectives have located surveillance footage that “shows potential persons of interest wanted for questioning” in connection to the recent potential hate crime attack on Empireactor Jussie Smollet, according to Chicago Police Chief Communications Officer Anthony Guglielmi’s tweet on Wednesday. Guglielmi also shared two photos of the people of …
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The story of former military man Kris Kristofferson piloting a helicopter onto Johnny Cash’s lawn to deliver his demo tapes to the Man in Black, while essentially true, has often been told without certain details present. Mainly that Kristofferson had already been working for two years as janitor at Columbia …
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“From the 1970s on, the United States would seem less and less united with each passing decade” goes the thesis ofFault Lines, the new history from Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer. Based on the authors’ class at Princeton, Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 …
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El Chapo didn’t want any evidence left behind. So after beating a pair of rival narcos to a broken, bloody pulp, he shot them both in the head and ordered his men to burn the bodies. “I don’t want any bones to remain,” he said. His men obliged. They dragged …
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A private investigator delves into a shocking case of police brutality and wrongful imprisonment in the new true-crime podcast, Conviction. Reporter Saki Knafo will host the show, with all seven episodes of its first season set to arrive February 4th. Season One of Conviction will center around the case of …
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A$AP Rocky’s Testing didn’t fare as well as his previous solo albums both critically and commercially. The project was another creative left turn for Rocky after the psychedelic, LSD-inspired experimentation of his sophomore album, At. Long. Last. ASAP. In an interview with GQ after the fourth annual Yams Day, Rocky …
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Y La Bamba have unveiled a dizzying, psychedelic clip for their new track, “Boca Llena.” The song is the third single off the group’s upcoming LP,Mujeres, out February 8th on Tender Loving Empire Records. Fronted by Mexican-American singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza, Y La Bamba suffuse their dream-pop soundscapes with beguiling …
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When President Trump’s Treasury Department proposed lifting sanctions on companies tied to the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in December Secretary Steven Mnuchin vowed that the firms would be forced to “significantly diminish Deripaska’s ownership and sever his control.” But, the New York Times is now reporting that Treasury’s promises were …
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The Woodstock festival has been on ice since the disastrous one back in 1999 nearly ruined the brand forever, but now that the 50th anniversary is almost upon us, two competing events are trying to bring back the spirit of the 1969 original.One is being organized by original Woodstock co-creator …
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To understand the mechanics of hip-hop in 2019, one could start by looking atCalboy‘s “Envy Me.” It is currently one of the most successful rap records in the country, though I’m still a little unsure whether to refer to Calboy asCalBoy, 147 Calboy or 147Calboy. Despite any potential confusion, “Envy …
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