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Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram Will Join NPR Music's Listening Party For '662'

4:40pm July 19, 2021

by Lars Gotrich

Join us in an online listening party for Christone "Kingfish" Ingram's new album. With Gwen Thompkins in the host chair, we'll feature a live conversation with the blues guitarist.

Japanese musician Keigo Oyamada, who performs as Cornelius, in Tokyo in 2014.

Olympics Opening Ceremony Composer Steps Down And Apologizes For Bullying

2:01pm July 19, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Keigo Oyamada, who performs under the stage name Cornelius, resigned from the Tokyo Olympics after critics uncovered interviews in which he boasted of bullying classmates with disabilities.

Protesters attend a #FreeBritney Rally at Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The group is calling for an end to the 13-year conservatorship led by the pop star's father, Jamie Spears, who has control over her finances and business dealin

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Britney Spears Says She Will Not Perform Under Her Father's Conservatorship

7:57pm July 18, 2021

by Wynne Davis

The artist took to Instagram to address criticism of her dancing videos and to say that those are the only performances she will be doing under her father's conservatorship.

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Remembering The 'Clown Prince Of Hip-Hop' Biz Markie

5:02pm July 17, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

Rapper and DJ Biz Markie has died. The self-deprecating rapper was known for his 1989 hit "Just a Friend."

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Biz Markie, DJ And 'Just A Friend' Rapper, Dies After Stroke In April

12:38pm July 17, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

Rapper and DJ Biz Markie has died. He was 57 years old. The self-deprecating rapper was known for his 1989 hit "Just a Friend."

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Biz Markie, in an undated photo from the early years.

Biz Markie, Pioneering Beatboxer And 'Just A Friend' Rapper, Dies At 57

11:06am July 17, 2021

by David Ma

Biz Markie died Friday night after months of health issues.

Lawyer Mathew Rosengart (right), with actor Matt Damon and Kenneth Lonergan at a party in Los Angeles in 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

Who Is Mathew Rosengart, Britney Spears' New Lawyer?

9:53am July 15, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The lawyer whom Britney Spears has chosen to represent her is a former federal prosecutor turned high-profile Hollywood lawyer. His celebrity clients have included Steven Spielberg and Sean Penn.

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Judge: Britney Spears Can Choose Her Own Lawyer In Conservatorship Case

6:08am July 15, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

A Superior Court judge has cleared Britney Spears to hire her own lawyer in the battle over her conservatorship. She picked a prominent Hollywood lawyer and ex-federal prosecutor to take up her case.

Britney Spears supporters gathering outside a Los Angeles courthouse before her June 23rd testimony.

Britney Spears Can Choose Her Own Lawyer In Conservatorship Case, A Judge Has Ruled

11:25pm July 14, 2021

Former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart will now represent the pop star in the fight over her conservatorship.

#FreeBritney activists protest outside a conservatorship hearing for pop singer Britney Spears on June 23 in Los Angeles.

Britney Spears' Conservatorship Is Back In Court: Who's Who, And What They Want

8:30am July 14, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

On Wednesday, the parties involved in the pop icon's conservatorship head back to court for the first time since Britney Spears spoke to the judge last month. Here's who the main players are.