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Death Row Records

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    10 Music-Related Revelations From The FBI's File On Biggie's Murder

    ​The 1997 murder of Christopher Wallace, b/k/a/ the rapper The Notorious B.I.G., remains unsolved. Last week, the case became both more transparent and more suspicious as the FBI opened up its files into an investigation about not just who shot Biggie Smalls, but also who helped orchestrate th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    The Real Sugar Hill Records Story: In-House Drummer Keith Le Blanc on the Myths Surrounding Rap's First Label

    ​"I don't think the true Sugar Hill Records story has ever been told because there's so much skull-duggery attached to it," says Keith Le Blanc, the one-time in-house drummer for Sugar Hill Records. The pioneering New York label, which brought hip-hop to the world's ears in 1979 with the Sugar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    News Roundup: The Decemberists, Death Row Records, Neko Case, Monty Python

    ​ --The Decemberists have added a New York date to their "A Short Fazed Hovel" tour. The band hits Terminal 5 on September 19th. Colin Meloy and Co. will take a break from playing the epic Hazards of Love in its entirety, instead planning a "special lottery show." In an e-mail, the band said: ... More >>

  • Books

    September 18, 2001

    Black Blueprint

    ​ --The Decemberists have added a New York date to their "A Short Fazed Hovel" tour. The band hits Terminal 5 on September 19th. Colin Meloy and Co. will take a break from playing the epic Hazards of Love in its entirety, instead planning a "special lottery show." In an e-mail, the band said: ... More >>

  • Music

    August 21, 2001

    Crack, Commerce, and Conscience

    ​ --The Decemberists have added a New York date to their "A Short Fazed Hovel" tour. The band hits Terminal 5 on September 19th. Colin Meloy and Co. will take a break from playing the epic Hazards of Love in its entirety, instead planning a "special lottery show." In an e-mail, the band said: ... More >>

  • News

    April 24, 2001

    Hip Hop War

    The Minister vs. the Mogul

  • Theater

    April 3, 2001

    2Bad for 2Pac

    The Minister vs. the Mogul

  • Music

    March 6, 2001

    Who Let the Dogg Out?

    The Minister vs. the Mogul

  • News

    February 13, 2001

    Big Bad Wolf

    Anthony Jones Upholds the Legend of Puff Daddy’s Bodyguard

  • News

    January 9, 2001

    Taking the Rap

    Are Civil Rights Leaders Frontin’ for Hip Hop Gangstas?

  • Specials

    January 18, 2000

    Letters

    Are Civil Rights Leaders Frontin’ for Hip Hop Gangstas?

  • News

    December 1, 1998

    Revenge of the Mad Rappers

    When hip hoppers use violence to silence their critics

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