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Rolling Stone's six-month investigation includes dozens of former friends, employees, and Bad Boy artists alleging an abusive, violent figure.

For World Book Day, CBC Music put together a list of memoirs, biographies, historical deep dives and critical analyses about famous artists from Robbie Robertson to Dolly Parton, and genres from folk to hip-hop.

Metro Food Rescue Founder and CEO Chad Techner joined the show Wednesday to discuss how excess food will be collected and distributed during the event. 

Music historian and journalist Dan Charnas joins Stephen Henderson and Cary Junior II to discuss what we can learn from 'Cowboy Carter.'

A Detroit-based bookseller shares the purpose behind her store and its profound impact on the community over the past three decades.

J Dilla's two daughters sat down for their first-ever interview together, during which they reflected on their father's legacy and what makes Detroit special.

It's an afternoon in July 2023, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in his element. Standing at a podium at the foot of the marble staircase in New York’s City Hall, the Mayor is flanked by staffers, supporters, and hip-hop stars including Eric B. (of Eric B. and Rakim fame), rapper and reality TV star Peter Gunz, and “The Blastmaster” KRS-One.

After last year’s “Hip-Hop 50” celebrations omitted much of the genre’s activist history, some lifelong fans say rap no longer feels revolutionary.

Next month, Erykah Badu turns 53. The four-time Grammy Award-​winner is now an international fashion icon. Over the last year, she has been photographed for the covers of Vogue, New York magazine, and GQ Germany. But this story is one that only a South Oak Cliff-raised writer can tell and only this magazine could publish. Because Badu is one of us. And, as we know from experience, she is always worth the wait.   

The former keyboardist with Parliament-Funkadelic became a fixture of Detroit’s soul, funk, and electronic music scenes and a mentor to rapper J Dilla.