For 32 years, one of hip-hop’s most famous sounds was a mystery. The two-note riff that drives Craig Mack’s “Flava in Ya Ear” — the 1994 debut single that launched Bad Boy Records and hit No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 — had never been traced to its source. Now sample hunters say they […]
Santa Claus traded the sleigh for a helicopter on Saturday, touching down at Winston Plaza in Melrose Park to kick off the holiday season at the shopping center. A video shared by a Citizen user showed people gathered at the plaza, at 1254 Winston Plaza, for the Santa Arrives by Helicopter event, watching as Santa […]
The fight over A.I. and music just hit one of hip-hop’s biggest catalogs. Eight Mile Style, the publisher that controls hundreds of Eminem’s songs, has sued A.I. music platform Suno in federal court, accusing the company of using 269 of his compositions to train its models without permission or payment. The lawsuit, filed November 6 […]
Forty years ago this Sunday, three New York kids changed rap forever. The Beastie Boys released their debut album, “Licensed to Ill,” on November 15, 1986 — and this weekend Ad-Rock, Mike D and the music world are marking the milestone. The album, produced by Rick Rubin with the group, fused hip-hop with punk and […]
A high-speed crash involving two vehicles on Interstate 65 southbound in Lake County late Friday night sent one vehicle into a ditch, with one person possibly trapped inside. The crash, near mile marker 260.5, was reported at 10:18 p.m. on Friday, November 13. A caller told dispatchers that a vehicle door could not be opened […]
