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Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg (real name: Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., born on October 20, 1972 in Long Beach, California) is a rapper and actor. Snoop is best known as a famous MC in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of producer Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. He made his debut on the album The Chronic and was a huge reason why the album was so popular. Snoop Dogg then released his first album, Doggystyle to much critical and public acclaim. His mother nicknamed him "Snoopy" as a child, and he took the stage name Snoop Doggy Dogg when he began recording. He changed his name to Snoop Dogg in 1996, when he left his original record label, Death Row Records, and signed with No Limit Records

Keyon Harrold: Having The Courage To Be Who You Are

by Leo Sidran
January 24, 2024

Trumpeter/composer Keyon Harrold was born and raised in Ferguson, MO to a musical family. He is the son of pastors and one of 16 children. As a boy, a trumpet was placed in his hands, and the rest is history. He moved to New York to study at The New School in the 1990s ...

The Headhunters: Speakers In The House

by Chris May
October 25, 2022

Although it appears to have been self-released in limited numbers in 2019, this Ropeadope release of Speakers In The House is effectively the Headhunters's first album since Platinum (Owl) in 2011. The band continues to be led and produced by its two Herbie Hancock-era members, percussionist Bill Summers and drummer Mike Clark, who together have kept ...

Pori Jazz 2022

by Rob Garratt
August 3, 2022

Pori Jazz 2022 Kirjurinluoto Concert Park jny:Pori, Finland July 14-16, 2022 If this year's 55th annual Pori Jazz festival had a “moment," it was when Immanuel Wilkins invited Shabaka Hutchings to the stage as a surprise guest for a dazzling 14-minute duet that capped the former's spellbinding set, ...

Antonio Farao - Eklektik

By Antonio Farao

Label: Warner Music Italy
Released: 2017
Track listing: Europe; News From...; Part of you; Frammenti; Through the day; Rough;

Quincy Jones Presents Young Jazz Talent at The Broad Stage, Santa Monica

October 25, 2013

As part of The Broad Stage’s Jazz Council Initiative, the Quincy Jones Presents series kicks off this fall with an astonishing array of musical talent. The series starts with a concert with Justin Kauflin on November 22nd. Kauflin, a talented young pianist who lost his sight due to a rare eye disease at 11, will be ...

India's New Partnership: Bollywood and Hip-Hop

July 28, 2008

NEW DELHI -- Is Bollywood ready for Snoop Dogg? The rapper once dubbed “America's Most Loveable Pimp" by Rolling Stone makes his debut in India this summer, with a guest appearance on the title track of a highly anticipated Bollywood movie, Singh Is Kinng. The movie is set to open in August, but the title song ...