Rebecca Haithcoat

Exile

Exile: How West Coast Can You Get?

Rebecca Haithcoat
Aleksander “Exile” Manfredi used to press his ear against the crosswalk signal poles to feel the rhythm. He figured out how to make beats when he was 15, and he and singer Aloe Blacc (whose “I Need a Dollar” you may recognize from HBO’s How to Make It in America)......
The rapper formerly known as Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow Rapping: Please Make It Stop

Rebecca Haithcoat
No need to express our feelings about Gwyenth Paltrow again; nothing's changed in two months. But for those of you who still disagree with us (even after she defiled Prince on Glee!?), we offer up this video of Gwyneth Paltrow rapping Ice Cube's verse on "Gangsta Gangsta."* Yes, you might've......
What's beef?

Catfight! Lil Kim and Keyshia Cole's Twitter Beef

Rebecca Haithcoat
To quote the late, great Notorious B.I.G., "Fuck that beef shit; that shit is played out." How very disappointed Biggie would be in his protege, Lil Kim. Once again, the increasingly catlike Kim took to Twitter to fire shots at Nicki Minaj ripping off her (Barbie) act. This time, she......
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Our Annual Drive: Be an LA Weekly Music Writer!

Rebecca Haithcoat
We want writers. We want writers excited about L.A. music, whether that music's Latin, classical, soul, hardcore, hip hop, rock, jazz, funk. Just be passionate about it. We want writers who are able to write for both online and print audiences. We want writers who self-edit and fact check. We......
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He's got money to blow

Kiss and Pay Up: Drake Settles with Playboy

Rebecca Haithcoat
Playboy gets (Young) Money. Last June, Playboy Enterprises Inc. sued rapper Drake for copyright infringement. The Hefner empire claimed that The Young Money/Cash Money Records artist's breakthrough song "Best I Ever Had" used samples from the 1975 song "Fallin' in Love," by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. Well, it obviously......
Cornell Dupree

RIP Cornell Dupree

Rebecca Haithcoat
Famed jazz and R&B guitarist Cornell Dupree passed away Sunday, May 8, in his hometown of Fort Worth, TX. He was 69 years old. At 19, the blues musician joined King Curtis and the Kingpins, playing alongside a young Jimi Hendrix. In the 1960s, he became one of Atlantic Records'......