Trust In Me



There are certain people whose names are an incantation. Speaking them evokes something magically intangible and instructive about the effort of being here. The joy, the sorrow and the precious fleetingness. The personal eternity defined by the journey from the cradle to the grave. There’s an air of sparkling danger about these names. They’re carried in your pocket like a rabbit’s foot, a gentle devastation doubling as a charm. Bessie. Billie. Nina. Etta. These… Continue

Years from now, when music nerds and historians discuss hip-hop in the early 21st century they’ll talk about how rap changed dramatically in the first decade of the new millennium. They’ll note the cross-pollination between electronic, dance, pop and hip-hop music. They’ll say that the nerd supplanted the gangster as the dominant archetype and they will undoubtedly mention artists like Pharrell Williams and Kanye West as influential figures who were, in large part, responsible for the… Continue

Bruno Mars is in the clear. Yesterday, the Grammy-winning pop singer was cleared of a felony cocaine possession after meeting the agreements of a plea deal struck approximately one year ago.



On Wednesday, a state court judge in Las Vegas dismissed the case against Mars, 26, which began when the "It Will Rain" star pleaded guilty to cocaine possession on February 16, 2011. He was fined $2,000 and ordered to undergo drug counseling and perform 200 hours of community service. Mars was… Continue

The Grammy Awards have gone seven years without an official host, until this year. LL Cool J will do the honor of hosting the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which will air on Feb. 12 from Los Angeles.

LL Cool J has hosted "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" since its inception in December 2008, and this will be…

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