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From the day samplers became affordable to rappers and producers, hip-hop artists have been taking bits of their favorite music and dropping a beat on it.
Artis Leon Ivey Jr., better known as Coolio followed in those footsteps when he took Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" and the 23rd psalm of the Bible and made a number one hit.
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For much of the '80s and '90s, Los Angeles' alternative FM radio station, KROQ set the tone for the rest of the nation in regards to "college" music.
The station, which was based in nearby Pasadena, was one of the first to introduce US audiences to bands like Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, and Jane's Addiction thanks to the radio programs of influential DJs like Rodney Bingenheimer and Richard Blade.
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The feedback and confetti had yet to settle at the end of the End of the Road World Tour in New York City on Saturday when the lights dimmed and virtual avatar likenesses of KISS appeared on screens at Madison Square Garden.
As a recording of "God Gave Rock & Roll To You" blasted through the same speakers that had just delivered the last live performance of "Rock N' Roll Every Night," giant animated versions of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer introduced themselves to the capacity crowd in Manhattan.
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"Who are you?" Canadian music journalist Nardwuar asked Jay-Z at the Pemberton Music Festival in Canada in 2008.
"I'm a young man from the Marcy Projects who really made that thing that they say 'The American Dream' come true. Because I'm not supposed to be here speaking to you," the rapper said. "You know, there's a lot of people who come from where I come from-- there are a lot of skilled people who were I come from-- who are not here right now,"
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Elvis Presley's granddaughter unlocked the gates of Graceland last week to allow some of her favorite artists to unchain the melodies for the first time ever at the most famous home in Memphis.
Lana Del Rey, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Post Malone and others performed at Elvis' house to honor The King and celebrate the holidays in the show titled "Christmas at Graceland."
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Miley Cyrus entertained a small room of a very lucky few at the swanky Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood last week to celebrate her birthday.
The 31-year-old singer had a gift for the fortunate souls inside the Sunset Strip five-star hotel, with a performance of "Flowers," which no other audience had been blessed with before.
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Kenny G has always been a sight to behold. The curly-haired horn player has outsold every jazz musician in history by moving over 75 million units, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Sorry Miles, Bird, Coltrane, and Ella.
They noted in 2011 that Kenneth Bruce Gorelick was then responsible for 15 gold, 11 platinum and 8 multi-platinum albums, meaning his tally has only increased.
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Glen Campbell, the handsome country guitar player, singer and television star, played his final concert on November 30, 2012 in Napa, California, surrounded by family and friends.
Campbell embarked on The Goodbye Tour soon after he announced he was afflicted by the degenerative brain disease Alzheimer's.
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It was the most unlikely of pairings, and yet it turned into one of the best duets and Christmas duos of all time.
On this day in 1977, the crooner opened the door on his last televised Christmas special, Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, and welcomed David Bowie inside.
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Is there anything better than when your favorite musician gets up on stage with your other favorite star?
On-stage collabs are the cherry-on-top of live performances and one of the delicious bonuses that can happen when you least expect it.
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Bobby Darin accomplished a feat in 1959 that will probably never be repeated again: he won the Grammy for Record of the Year at the same time the song was #1 on the charts.
"Mack The Knife," a song written before Darin was born, by German legends Kurt Weill (music) and Bertolt Brecht (lyrics), and had been covered by plenty of others, was topping the charts for the teen idol at the same time the fledgling Grammys were holding their second awards ceremony ever - and first to be televised.
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Elton John and John Lennon were good friends who made a bet in early 1974, which thank goodness, the piano player won.
The ever-adventurous John decided he didn't want to fly from London to NYC during his six week break between the end of his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Tour and the start of the Caribou Tour. He chose to take the band and Lennon's son, Julian, on a cruise across the pond on the SS France.
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