EXCLUSIVE: Q-Tip, the legendary rapper, producer, singer and lyricist, will be adding his hip-hop know-how to the Broadway-bound Ali, a musical about Muhammad Ali’s life in and out of the boxing ring.
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The highest appearance by a hip-hop song is YoungBoy Never Broke Again's "Shot Callin," at No. 44. Yet in 1990, hip-hop was ...
"Ali" will premiere in 2024 at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, the late boxer's hometown, with plans to go to Broadway in 2025. Q-Tip is joining the Muhammad Ali musical, ...
Why You Should Watch: Inspired by the Beastie Boys video for 'Sabotage,' Q-Tip channels a modern-day hip-hop Jason Bourne -- minus the intense action scenes -- as he dodges mysterious "agents" in the ...
Q-Tip has joined the team behind Ali, a forthcoming musical about Muhammad Ali, as music producer, co-lyricist, and cast album producer. The A Tribe Called Quest co-founder will work alongside writer ...
Better Than: Watching Q-Tip live on Letterman. The Review: Rap shows normally feature an MC accompanied by a tour DJ and a laptop, but when an artist such as Q-Tip brings a tight band with him onstage ...
John “Ecstasy” Fletcher of the ’80s group Whodini reportedly passed away on Wednesday, but if the reactions to his death are any indication, the early rapper’s legacy will still be felt for decades to ...
The rapper, born Megan Pete, often talks about how she was immersed in hip-hop beginning at a young age — much credit given to her mother, manager and former rapper, Holly-Wood, as well as one of her ...
What don't you know about Q-Tip? He's enigmatic, and hasn't done all that many interviews—although he's opened up in recent years, even sitting down with Chairman Mao for a two-hour session for Red ...
A Tribe Called Quest‘s Q-Tip will serve as co-teacher for a New York University class that will examine the connection between hip-hop and jazz, the rapper revealed on Twitter. The seven-class course, ...