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Solo for Dolo: Nothing but the Truth

In a noisy lobby at the Universal Motown office, Solo for Dolo’s nervous excitement is thick in the air—and rightfully so. He just independently released his first full-length album, The Truth for the Youth, and is gearing up for promotions, performances, and of course prime real estate in your personal music collections. I had the [...]


Martha Cooper’s “The Hip Hop Files”

As fate would have it, New York Post photographer Martha Cooper stumbled upon a young artist in the late ’70s who opened her eyes to a stunning new form of expression. What began as simple curiosity evolved into the extensive documentation of a global phenomenon. Here, Current TV user ThomasGreen tells the story of how [...]


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