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Singer and songwriter Kacey Musgraves, performing in Nashville on April 1.

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Country Music Excludes Women, Especially Over Age 40, Study Finds

2:36pm April 05, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A new study from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative finds that female artists and songwriters are being severely underrepresented in Nashville, with women over 40 being particularly excluded.

Eric Ronald Holder Jr. (right), 29, who is accused of killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle, appears for arraignment, alongside his Attorney Christopher Darden, left, on April 4, 2019 in Los Angeles.

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Suspect In Nipsey Hussle Killing Pleads Not Guilty

12:18pm April 05, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Eric Holder, a 29-year-old man from Los Angeles, pled not guilty on Thursday to the killing of rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle on March 31.

Despite Lil Nas X's viral hit "Old Town Road" having a blend of rap and country elements, Billboard removed the song from its Hot Country Songs chart.

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Lil Nas X, Country Music's Unlikely Son, Sparks Conversation On Genre And Race

8:19am April 05, 2019

Lil Nas X's viral hit "Old Town Road" was pulled from Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart, raising questions over discrimination in the country music industry.

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A view of Pikes Peak from the Carroll Lakes, circa 1925. Katharine Lee Bates' trip up the Colorado mountain inspired her poem "America," later to become the song "America the Beautiful."

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Greatness Is Not A Given: 'America The Beautiful' Asks How We Can Do Better

8:06pm April 04, 2019

by Eric Westervelt

Written by a feminist poet who struggled with bouts of depression, the song is an aspirational counterpoint to "The Star-Spangled Banner" — calling on America to use its riches for the common good.

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After facing a calamitous scandal that cast doubt on its very future, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra has returned with new leadership and a new album, featuring songs by its city's patron saint of rebirth, Allen Toussaint.

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A Band Rebuilds In New Orleans After A Man-Made Catastrophe

4:23pm April 04, 2019

by Nate Chinen

In 2016, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra faced a scandal that cast doubt on its very future. The road to recovery has been, in the words of the group's new CEO, "a tightrope walk."

Police monitor a roadblock in front of the late Nipsey Hussle's The Marathon Store in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Authorities announced the arrest of the shooting suspect in the rapper's death.

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Police Arrest Suspect In Nipsey Hussle Killing; 19 Injured At Rapper's Vigil

6:15pm April 02, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The LAPD has arrested the suspect in rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle's death: 29-year-old Eric Holder, a Los Angeles man. On Monday night, there was a stampede at a Nipsey Hussle vigil.

Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed on Sunday in Los Angeles.

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Nipsey Hussle, Grammy-Nominated Rapper And Philanthropist, Shot And Killed

9:04pm April 01, 2019

by Rodney Carmichael

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the news on Twitter Sunday night.

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The Legacy That Rapper And Philanthropist Nipsey Hussle Leaves Behind

5:21pm April 01, 2019

by Rodney Carmichael

Rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was shot and killed Sunday in Los Angeles, was also an entrepreneur who tirelessly gave back to the community he came from.

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Carly Rae Jepsen comes back with Dedicated on May 17.

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Carly Rae Jepsen Announces New Album 'Dedicated'

12:25pm April 01, 2019

by Joshua Bote

We are truly blessed. Dedicated comes out May 17.

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Grammy-Nominated Rapper Nipsey Hussle Shot Dead In Los Angeles

6:42am April 01, 2019

Nipsey Hussle's debut album — Victory Lap — was nominated for a Grammy for best rap album. The singer has been in the music industry for nearly 15 years before his album was released.

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