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Lil Yachty performs on stage during Rolling Loud at Hard Rock Stadium.

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Lil Yachty, 'Poland'

9:38am October 11, 2022

by Mano Sundaresan

LIL YACHTY: "You recording?"
ENGINEER: "Yep."
LIL YACHTY: "I TOOK THE WOOOOOOOOCK TO POLAND!"
F1LTHY: "What the hell was that??"
ENGINEER: "Do you wanna try that again?"
LIL YACHTY: "Nah trust me."

DJ Art Laboe sits in his studio and talks about his 75 years in the radio business in 2018, in Palm Springs, Calif. Laboe, a pioneering disc jockey who hosted a syndicated oldies show for decades, died on Friday.

Pioneering DJ Art Laboe, who coined 'oldies but goodies,' dies at 97

8:40pm October 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Laboe is credited with inventing the "oldies, but goodies" phrase, as well as with helping end segregation in Southern California by organizing live DJ shows that attracted a diverse audience.

What music means to those who were blinded in the 2019 mass protests in Chile

4:19pm October 10, 2022

by John Otis

Music has brought solace and companionship for some of those who were blinded in the 2019 mass protests in Chile.

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Encore: Eric Gales on reclaiming his place as a blues guitar icon

4:19pm October 10, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly spoke with guitarist and singer Eric Gales about reclaiming a career stalled by drug addiction and prison time.

Lucrecia Dalt has become one of modern music's most fascinating chameleons.

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On '¡Ay!', the tropical music of Lucrecia Dalt's childhood becomes avant-garde sci-fi

5:18am October 10, 2022

by Lewis Gordon

On her surreal, sci-fi and decidedly romantic new album ¡Ay!, the Colombian, Berlin-based electronic artist crafts an alien narrative drawing inspiration from the genres of her youth.

The fashion world embraced Ye. After his 'White Lives Matter' shirts, that may change

5:19pm October 09, 2022

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Robin Givhan, senior critic-at-large at The Washington Post, about the rapper's actions at Paris Fashion Week.

Ye attending Paris Fashion Week, where he ignited controversy wearing a shirt with the slogan "White Lives Matter."

Ye takes to Twitter after Instagram restricts his account following antisemitic posts

4:17pm October 09, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

Ye, the rapper and fashion designer formerly known as Kanye West, had recently accused hip hop mogul Diddy of being under the influence of "the Jewish people."

That Loretta Lynn sang about women's struggles while masterfully projecting the image of an uncorrupted country girl made her all the more convincing as an artist.

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Personifying a country ideal, Loretta Lynn tackled sexism through a complicated lens

4:02pm October 09, 2022

by Amanda Marie Martinez

Rather than extol Lynn in ways she rejected, we should appreciate the agency with which she so impressively crafted her identity in country music.

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Groundbreaking garage rock compilation 'Nuggets' turns 50

9:34am October 09, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

50 years ago - Elektra Records asked one of its talent scouts, guitarist Lenny Kaye, to create a double compilation album. That album "Nuggets" laid the groundwork for punk.

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The RAP Act would bar the use of music lyrics in court proceedings

7:53am October 09, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Democratic New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman about the RAP Act, which would bar the use of music lyrics as evidence in court proceedings.