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Phoebe Snow

R.I.P Singer and Songwriter Phoebe Snow

Phoebe Snow, singer of the 1970s hit "Poetry Man," died Tuesday in Edison, NJ. She was 60 years old. After being discovered at New York City's The Bitter End in 1972, the singer rose to fame with her Grammy-nominated 1974 self-titled album. She had suffered a brain hemorrhage in January......
As far as a stunt

Soulja Boy to Play Tupac?

"Power. Respect. JUICE. How far will you go to get it?" Apparently, the much maligned rapper Soulja Boy Tell'em will try reprising Tupac's role from the 1992 cult classic Juice in a "mini movie" reset from Harlem to his current home base, Atlanta. Yesterday, after releasing his new mixtape, also......
Somebody's daughters @Coachella; Credit: Andrés Kertész

Telling It Like It Was: How Coachella 2011 Really Went Down

Sure, everybody and their aunt will tell you this and that and the other about Coachella 2011, but you know that @LAWeeklyMusic got you covered before, during, and now post-festival. Here's the only post on the entire Interwebz that you need to relive the experience of Coachella 2011. You're welcome:......
Credit: Cover photo by Howard Rosenberg

BREAKING: MTV Discovers L.A. Still Has a Hip-Hop Scene!

As announced in a trailer released this morning, MTV will air a weeklong look at L.A.'s hip-hop scene in a segment "we're calling 'The New West: An In-depth Look at L.A. Hip Hop.'" Though we're much obliged to them for referencing N.W.A.'s LA Weekly cover, we think they're showing up......
Oh yeah ... she doesn't age physically

Sweetest Taboos: Top 5 Reasons Hip Hop is Way Into Sade

Last week's premiere of the remix to Sade's "The Moon and The Sky," featuring Jay-Z, on the rapper's new website Life and Times, was unusual for a couple of reasons. Sade is famously reluctant to do collaborations of any kind, but an LA Times interview from just last fall specifically......