As lowriders roll through the streets of San Francisco's Mission District, a new theme song written and produced by a native of the neighborhood sets the tone for this year's King of the Streets ...

Coolio's song Gangsta's Paradise is celebrating the 30th anniversary in 2025. Music producer Doug Rasheed reflects on the loop he created for the opening and the production process during an interview ...

Sir Brian May has revealed he refused to let a rap star sample one of Queen's tracks in a blunt admission. The much-loved guitarist, 77, has sold a staggering 300 million albums with the iconic group, ...

Queen banned "gangster rap" artists from sampling their back catalogue amid fears it would "promote violence or abuse". Sir Brian May says the British rock band took a stance to say no to certain ...

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In January of 2024 a new law in California ended the anti-cruising bans in the state, bans that were created in the 1980s in response to lowriders largely from Latino and Black communities. As the ...

Swara Bhasker slammed those who have made songs glorifying jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who has threatened to kill Salman Khan. The now-viral posters of the songs feature photoshopped images of ...

Bollywood star Salman Khan has received another threat over a song linking his name to jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. The threat was received by Mumbai's traffic control room at around midnight on ...

Bollywood actor Salman Khan received a new threat message allegedly from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang late Thursday night, sparking fresh security concerns. The message, reportedly received at the Mumbai ...

Denzel Washington plays a renowned drug lord in Ridley Scott’s American Gangster. The biographical crime film is loosely based on the criminal activity of Frank Lucas, who smuggled heroin into the US ...

In the 1990s hip hop and RnB world, no one would have imagined Coolio’s hit song “Gangsta’s Paradise” celebrating its 30th anniversary in a digital mansion in the metaverse. Now, merging old-school ...

The thing about soft rock is that it was never an exclusive genre. Cross-pollinating among pop, rock, country rock and, especially, adult contemporary music of the day, the best soft rock records ...