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From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
The roots of hip-hop and house music both lie in the seismic shifts of the late 1970s, a period of sociopolitical unrest and electronic experimentation that redefined the possibilities of sound. For ...
Music executive and hip-hop producer Irv Gotti dies at 54
Irv Gotti, music producer and co-founder of Murder Inc. Records who helped launch the careers of artists like Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died on Feb. 5, according to his family. He was 54. Gotti's three ...
Irv Gotti, Famed Hip-Hop Music Executive, Dies At Age 54
Irv Gotti, co-founder of Murder Inc Records and renowned music executive, has passed away at 54, leaving behind a legacy that ...