This art festival has brought over 100 murals to Long Beach

[ad_1] The first sweep of spray paint left the can and landed on the white wall of Renaissance High School for the Arts in Long Beach. A hissing sound filled the air as Rex Richardson, the mayor of Long Beach, added a final touch of paint to the stencil. Four days later, artist Stevie Shao… Continue reading This art festival has brought over 100 murals to Long Beach

How ‘Succession’ brought election-night craziness to life

[ad_1] Although every episode of “Succession’s” fourth, final season felt monumental, “America Decides” took the Roy media moguls’ issues to a level of national, even world-changing, consequence. Set during the night of a presidential election, primarily in the studio of their Fox News-like American Television Network, “America Decides” saw Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook)… Continue reading How ‘Succession’ brought election-night craziness to life

Travis Scott Brought Kanye West to Utopia Show in Rome

[ad_1] Photo: Lilly Lawrence/Getty Images Travis Scott pulled off his Ye-esque performance of Utopia with help from Ye. Scott performed his Billboard album chart-topping album, interspersed with hits from previous albums, in Rome’s Circus Maximus. (The actual Roman ruin, not to be confused with Scott’s film of the same name.) According to Pitchfork, Scott welcomed… Continue reading Travis Scott Brought Kanye West to Utopia Show in Rome

The year Public Enemy and N.W.A brought fury to rap

[ad_1] The genesis of the most pivotal year in hip-hop began in the summer of 1987. Hank Shocklee was listening to his car radio on the way to a Long Island movie theater with his family when Eric B. & Rakim’s “I Know You Got Soul” suddenly jumped out of the speakers. By then, the… Continue reading The year Public Enemy and N.W.A brought fury to rap