Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails set for Rock Hall induction
Houston and the Notorious B.I.G. (AP Photo)NEW YORK โ Years after their deaths, Whitney Houston, the Notorious B.I.G. Joining them as part of the hall's 2020 class are Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode and the Doobie Brothers. and the Doobie Brothers are being inducted after being on the ballot for the first time. With songs like โCloser,โ Nine Inch Nails was a leader of the industrial rock movement in the 1990s.
Diddy, Springsteen among rock hall of fame guest list
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2020, file photo, Sean Combs accepts the 2020 Industry Icon award at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons in Beverly Hills, Calif. Combs will be among a star-studded guest list for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2020 induction. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)CLEVELAND โ Sean โDiddyโ Combs, Bruce Springsteen and Alicia Keys will be among a star-studded guest list for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2020 induction. The prestigious organization announced the guest list Thursday for the ceremony, which will debut Nov. 7 on HBO. Other guests will include Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Hudson, Gwen Stefani, Charlize Theron, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Adam Levine and Brad Paisley. The special guests will speak on how this yearโs inductees impacted their personal life and careers.
Ginsburg's impact on women spanned age groups, backgrounds
Younger women and girls say they were inspired by the late justice's achievements, her intellect and her fierce determination as she pursued her career. โShe was my teacher in so many ways,โ said Gloria Steinem, the nationโs most visible feminist leader, in an interview. Younger women and girls also say they were inspired by the justice's achievements, her intellect and her fierce determination as she pursued her career. Julie Cohen and Betsy West, who co-directed โRBG,โ saw firsthand how women of all ages quickly identified with Ginsburg. But also, Cohen added: โShe became a huge symbolic figure for young women and even girls in a way that we hadnโt anticipated.
A rapper, an elevator and an elephant: stories Ginsburg told
This image provided by the Supreme Court shows Ruth Bader Ginsburg types while on a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in Italy in 1977. Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at her home in Washington, on Sept. 18, 2020, the Supreme Court announced. Ginsburg liked to note they had one important thing in common. โThey were much more reluctant to take a man away from his work than a woman," Ginsburg liked to explain. Ginsburg would sometimes ask audiences: โWhatโs the difference between a bookkeeper in New Yorkโs Garment District and a U.S. Supreme Court justice?"
Ginsburg, a feminist icon memorialized as the Notorious RBG
The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)WASHINGTON โ Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly. Ginsburg died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington at 87, the court said. Late in her court tenure, she became a social media icon, the Notorious RBG, a name coined by a law student who admired Ginsburgโs dissent in a case cutting back on a key civil rights law. Her mother, Celia Bader, died of cancer the night before Ginsburg, then 17, was to graduate from high school.
Rap at auction: Biggie's crown and Tupac Shakur letters
and Tupac Shakur are being united for an auction at Sothebys, the first-ever dedicated hip-hop auction at a major international auction house. Bidders will be able to vie for the crown worn and signed by the Notorious B.I.G. They'll also get to bid on an archive of 22 autographed love letters written by Shakur at the age of 15-17 to a high school sweetheart. Onetime friends who became rivals in a hype-fueled war between the East and West Coast rap scenes, Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. The crown has been in photographer Barron Claiborne's possession since he captured Biggie for the cover of Rap Pages magazine.
Juice WRLD's posthumous album dominates Billboard charts
This cover image released by Grade A/Interscope shows "Legends Never Die," a release by the late rapper Juice WRLD. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week. (Grade A/Interscope via AP)NEW YORK Rapper Juice WRLD's first posthumous album Legends Never Die" is alive and well on the music charts. Juice WRLD, born Jarad Anthony Higgins, died of an accidental overdose of oxycodone and codeine in Chicago in December. The album also logs the biggest one-week sales for any album released this year.
Tribute broadcast planned for late music exec Andre Harrell
NEW YORK A tribute to Andre Harrell, the influential music executive who discovered Sean Diddy Combs and died earlier this month, will air Sunday. It will air commercial free on BET, BET Jams, BET Soul and REVOLT TV, where Harrell served as vice chairman. Diddy often credits Harrell with giving him the tools to find success in music and life, even saying Harrell was like a father figure to him. In 1993, Harrell let go of Diddy, who then launched his uber-successful Bad Boy Records. Diddy posted multiple tributes to Harrell on social media following his death.
Some facts about The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready to Die' as album turns 25
's "Ready To Die" turned 25 last month. Other albums celebrating milestones in 2019:Here's some facts about the rapper's debut album:1) It's the only album released while he was alive. "Ready To Die" is the only Biggie album released in the rapper's lifetime. 2) Samples were removed years after the album's release due to legal issues. There was speculation that the baby on the cover of "Ready To Die" was Biggie, but it wasn't.
Some facts about The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready to Die' as album turns 25
's "Ready To Die" turned 25 last month. Other albums celebrating milestones in 2019:Here's some facts about the rapper's debut album:1) It's the only album released while he was alive. "Ready To Die" is the only Biggie album released in the rapper's lifetime. 2) Samples were removed years after the album's release due to legal issues. There was speculation that the baby on the cover of "Ready To Die" was Biggie, but it wasn't.
Here's who is nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland (Photo: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)CLEVELAND - The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020 nominations include nine first-timers. Five of the 16 nominees will be inducted into the Hall of Fame next year. Depeche ModeDepeche Mode has been nominated for induction into the Hall of Fame in 2017 and 2018. Judas PriestJudas Priest has been nominated for a second time; it was also nominated for the 2018 class. Todd RundgrenTodd Rundgren was previously nominated for induction into the Class of 2019.