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Date: 06/16/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
Michelle Visage is best known as the longest-serving judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race aside from Ru herself—and that also includes...
Michelle VisageRuPaul's Drag Race
Date: 01/30/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
Jackson’s rise was fast-tracked by a pair of industry titans: Clive Davis at RCA and J Records and Jimmy Iovine at Interscope.
Larry JacksonClive DavisJimmy IovineDr. Dre
Date: 01/20/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
Anchor Promotions founder and CEO Lionel Ridenour launched his venture in 2013, and the company has the distinction of being one of the only Black-owned, fully staffed radio and marketing companies in the business.
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Date: 10/31/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
Green & Bloom/Topline's beloved chief Billy Mann visits the Bandier Program at the Newhouse School of Syracuse University, where the publishing maven and hit songwriter offered a guest lecture. He also took the opportunity to join this bracingly academic photo op with program head Bill Werde and faculty member/HITS correspondent Michelle Santosuosso, who's currently wowing undergrads with her electrifying survey course, "A Semiotic History of Hot Garbage." Michelle is very much looking forward to the majesty of winter.
Date: 10/22/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
LoveRenaissance—aka LVRN—began in 2012. In the years since, the collective has partnered with Interscope and forged a powerful new revival of R&B...
Date: 09/13/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
Our correspondent-at-large Michelle S. offers some thoughts on Post Malone's monster new set. As for that Ozzy track? "It's the stuff of legend, yo." (Also: Check out the new video for "Saint Tropez.")
Date: 08/26/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
With the 8/31 Grammy eligibility deadline nearly upon us, and with a majority of the streaming market still being dominated by hip-hop and R&B, here are some releases from potential nominees destined to be buzzed about in the committee process.
Date: 07/15/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
This batch of songs represents just a portion of our gigantic Black Music Month playlist, but it offers at least one song from each year of a pivotal decade for hip-hop, and documents the evolution of that genre, among others. Naturally, it's best enjoyed on a boombox.
Date: 06/25/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
A sampling of the songs from our Black Music Month playlist, representing the currents of the decade...
Date: 06/05/2019   Section: critics_choice
By Michelle Santosuosso There is no question we’re in the depths of the most divisive era in our modern history—fueled by a digital dynamic of detachment, as we extract our worldviews by customizing what information we’ll even allow ourselves to be exposed to. And it is a particul...
Date: 05/23/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
The Odd Future collective may be in the past, but its prodigious output provides context for Tyler, The Creator's impressive performance in the present.
Date: 05/01/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
Sylvia Rhone’s recent elevation to Chairman/CEO of Epic Records has occasioned cheers and plaudits from many corners of the industry.
Date: 02/08/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
Our own Michelle S. weighs in on the new one from Ariana Grande.
Date: 12/28/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
In 2018, hip-hop music continued to dominate the charts and streaming totals; our own Michelle S. takes a look at the genre over the last year...
Date: 11/07/2018   Section: critics_choice
Interview by Michelle Santosuosso Who is Mr. Sherbinski, and why are so many music artists singing his praises? He’s a bit of a legend in the cannabis world, known for his cultivation expertise and for having founded the premium cannabis brand SHERBINSKIS out of San Francisco. The brand pro...
Date: 11/02/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
HITS' Michelle Santosuosso dissects the ongoing feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, highlighting the heavy weight of its influence.
Date: 10/31/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
Acclaimed producer Boi-1da has worked with everyone from Drake to Rihanna, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Lana Del Rey....
Date: 10/30/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
Snoop Dogg may have established himself with the down-and-dirty G-Funk of the ’90s, but there’s no question that over the years he’s grown beyond the subgenre, stretching musically and establishing himself as a beloved pop-cultural figure. Even so, he surprised many by venturing into gospel—though he clearly views the move as a return to his roots.
Date: 10/25/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
The enigmatic R&B singer H.E.R. (short for “Having Everything Revealed”), was signed to RCA at the tender age of 14, but she’s always maintained her mystery and unique style of alternative R&B by letting her music speak for itself.
Date: 09/21/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
Our own Michelle S. on the posthumous new collaboration “Falling Down” (Columbia) from Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, which is heartbreaking in light of their untimely passing but also as a reminder of the creative power that's been lost.
Date: 09/17/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
As streaming has reached its critical mass, black music has overtaken rock as music’s biggest genre. But the DIY culture of the internet has created a challenging new atmosphere for the A&R execs on the front lines...
Date: 09/06/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
Y’all had to go and conjure Shady. Smh. Once again for those in the back...
Date: 08/15/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
Michelle Santosuosso puts the fourth album from the renowned female rapper in perspective.
Date: 07/03/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
Let’s talk about Thriller. Yes, Michael Jackson. Not to draw a comparison about that collection of songs, since it’s a subjective topic best left in the era it originated from. But let’s use what happened with Thriller as emotional context with the attending audience for what we’re about to see Drake do with the young people of today.
Date: 06/29/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
Before we dig into the week’s HITS High 5, here’s some Fourth of July trivia. It’s the day Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died (1926), Bill Withers was born (1938), Lou Gehrig retired from baseball (1939) and Radio Free Europe made its first broadcast (1950). Have a safe holiday.
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