King Von, Emerging Chicago Rapper, Dead At 26
King Von, an emerging rapper who was quickly gaining attention for his incisive storytelling, was shot and killed in Atlanta on Friday morning.
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Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'
MacArthur fellow McLorin Salvant sings jazz standards as well as forgotten early songs. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows," she told Terry Gross in this 2015 interview.
Namir Blade's Beautiful, Dystopic, Extraterrestrial Rap
Blade, based in Nashville, has parlayed a youth of solitude into an artistic practice based inspired by video game soundtracks and visions of a dark, silver-lined future.
We Talk 'Queen's Gambit' With Chess Expert And Tiny Desk Winner Linda Diaz
Linda Diaz, who won this year's Tiny Desk Contest at NPR Music, is a chess expert and international chess champion. She sat down to talk with us about the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit.
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame To Induct 2020's Honorees
The 35th annual class of inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland include Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, Notorious B.I.G. and T. Rex.
Tiana Major9: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The ascending R&B talent brings us into her South London home for a four-song quarantine concert.
Play It Forward: Laraaji Loves To Laugh
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with American multi-instrumentalist and meditation expert Laraaji about laughter meditation, his latest album Sun Piano and the artist he is grateful for: Mia Doi Todd.
Hip-Hop In Nashville Is Making Its Own Way
Rap from Nashville isn't new, nor is the city's tendency to overlook the creators and entrepreneurs behind that music – despite country artists borrowing liberally from the genre over the past decade.
A.B. Eastwood's Ever-Expanding Beat
The autodidact producer spent time learning in Florida, before returning to Nashville with a vision for elevating the entire city.
Daisha McBride, The Rap Girl, Can Do Anything
McBride has channeled her performing abilities, affably clever personality and college-level industry studies into her own version of artistic and professional equilibrium in Music City.