Nirvana, Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson, Bobby McFerrin, Ma Rainey, Nile Rodgers and Slick Rick were all honoured with the special award

The Supremes, Nile Rogers and Slick Rick were among the other artists honoured at the event The post Nirvana receive lifetime achievement award at Grammys Special Merit Awards appeared first on NME.

It’s been about 50 years since hip-hop started percolating as a genre — depending on who you ask — and for all of 2022, the label Mass Appeal with be celebrating with a series of EPs called Hip Hop 50: The Soundtrack, each of which will be curated by an important producer. Entries in the series are forthcoming from ...

Bill De Blasio, noted fan of ska and Slick Rick, will be the mayor of New York City for a few more days. In one of his final acts as mayor, De Blasio presented a very excited Patti Smith with the key to the city today. (In the past few days, De Blasio also gave the key to Sen. Chuck Schumer and to Spike Lee.) In a news conference at City Hall th...

The Ruler's back...Slick Rick aka MC Ricky DSlick Rick has been there, done that, and got the T-shirt – or in his case, the velour gown. Throw in a crown, an excessive amount of jewellery and his trademark eyepatch, which covers an eye injury that resulted in him being blinded as an infant, and you’ve got one of rap’s most instant...