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New on Peacock in February 2024 — all the movies and shows to watch

Here's everything coming to Peacock in February 2024, including 'Oppenheimer' and 'Kings from Queens: The Run DMC Story'

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Jury selection begins in fatal shooting trial of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay

Karl Jordan Jr, 40, and Ronald Washington, 59, are accused of murdering the musician over a drug deal in 2002

The Guardian - US

Jam Master Jay Murder Trial Underway With Opening Statements

Run-DMC member Jam Master Jay was slain in "an ambush" fueled "by greed and revenge," US prosecutors told jurors Monday, as defense lawyers cast doubt on available evidence in the trial over the alleged murder carried out 20 years ago.

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Jam Master Jay Murder Trial Begins, Ending Decades-Long Mystery

Discover the details surrounding the 2002 murder of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay and the upcoming trial of the accused perpetrators.

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‘Everyone owns at least one pair’: $75bn sneaker industry unboxed in Gold Coast exhibition

Sneakers Unboxed at Hota draws a line from the earliest commercial sports shoes to the hypebeast mania of today

The Guardian - AU

The week in audio: Ghost Story; Class of 88 with Will Smith; Shaun Keaveny’s Daily Grind – review

Tristan Redman uncovers a tangled web of secrets, lies and murder; Will Smith goes back to his his hip-hop roots; and Shaun Keaveny makes everything seem better

The Guardian - UK

Kings and queens gathered for 'Hip Hop 50 Live' at Yankee Stadium

An eight-hour concert Friday night was a procession of generations of hip-hop royalty, from the Sugar Hill Gang to current stars like Lil Wayne. Run-DMC gave what was billed as their last performance.

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How hip-hop went from being shunned by big business to multimillion-dollar collabs

The signs of hip-hop’s influence are now everywhere from Pharrell Williams becoming Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director to billion-dollar brands like Dr. Dre’s Beats headphones and retail mainstays like Diddy’s Sean John and the Rocawear line started by Jay-Z

The Independent UK

Queen Latifah, Chuck D and more rap legends on 'Rapper's Delight' and their early hip-hop influences

Remember the first rap song you heard

The Independent UK

Session guitar ace Eddie Martinez breaks down his parts on Robert Palmer, Run-DMC and Steve Winwood hit songs

The player behind Addicted To Love, Higher Love, King Of Rock and Simply Irresistible

MusicRadar

3rd man charged in 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay

A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay

The Independent UK

Hip-hop turns 50: Here's a part of its history that doesn't always make headlines

For decades, the genre has had a stealth mission: promoting public health. It started with Doug E. Fresh's "Stroke Ain't No Joke."

WEKU

How Kareem 'Big K.O.' Denis and Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels are bringing hard rock guitar back to hip-hop

The Firebird-loving guitarist/producer and Run-DMC legend on their mission to prove hip-hop can be just as heavy as metal, getting gear tips from Billy Gibbons, and why Gibson humbuckers are the foundation of funk and soul guitar

Guitar World

5 great things about the 2023 Grammys, including Lizzo, Harry Styles and that astonishing hip-hop tribute

Lizzo! 50 years of hip-hop! Harry Styles!

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Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels aims to change lives of foster kids with Camp Felix, says his own adoption inspired his mission

NEW YORK — Nothing tricky about Run-DMC rapper Darryl McDaniels’ passion for transforming the lives of foster children.

The Conversation

Scapegoating rap hits new low after July Fourth mass shooting

When local police named 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III as “a person of interest” in the July 4 mass shootings in an affluent Chicago suburb, several news outlets described him in headlines as a “rapper.”

Salon

Gun violence and the (rap) blame game

Pro-gun Republicans wasted no time blaming gun violence on rap, a tactic with a long and sordid history

The Conversation

When all else fails to explain American violence, blame a rapper and hip-hop music

The day after the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson promptly blamed the violence on rap music and video games.

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Eminem's in: Detroit rapper goes from Hip-Hop Shop to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

DETROIT — He's already a Grammy winner, an Oscar winner and one of the best-selling artists of all-time, but Eminem now has another notch to add to his belt: the Detroit rapper is headed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Tribune News Service

Accused Jam Master Jay killer says feds took too long to indict him

NEW YORK — The accused killer of Jam Master Jay argued in new court papers Monday that the feds improperly waited 18 years to charge him even though was in their sights as a suspect since 2003.

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