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Lil Yachty’s delightfully absurd path to ‘Let’s Start Here’

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 29: Lil Yachty performs on the Stage during day 2 of Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2017 at Exposition Park on October 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images Lil Yachty often worked better as an idea than a rapper. The late-decade morass of grifters like Lil Pump, amidst the self-serious reign of Future and Drake (eventual Yachty collaborators, for what it's worth), created […]

todayFebruary 9, 2023

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Viola Davis achieves EGOT status with Grammy win

Viola Davis just put the G in EGOT. She accepted the audio book, narration and storytelling recording award for Finding Me during the 65th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on Sunday, in Los Angeles. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Viola Davis has achieved EGOT status, after picking up her first Grammy. The 57-year-old actor won the award for the best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for […]

todayFebruary 6, 2023

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Before ‘Hrs and Hrs,’ Muni Long spent years and years working for others

This is part of a series of features from All Things Considered on first-time Grammy nominees, ahead of the February 5 awards. Read the profiles on Molly Tuttle and Omar Apollo. Muni Long takes her Grammy nominations to heart. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR To hear Muni Long tell it, the success of her hit single "Hrs & Hrs" owes much to a coincidence of timing – and one of mistaken identity on […]

todayFebruary 5, 2023

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Poetry finally has its own Grammy category – mostly thanks to J. Ivy, nominee

To hear the broadcast version of this story, use the audio player at the top of this page. J. Ivy, "the suave poet" from Chicago CTZN Chance/Burnculture/CTZN Chance/Burnculture For decades, the Grammys' spoken-word awards have gone to audio books, narrated by people like Barack and Michelle Obama, Carrie Fisher, Stephen Colbert and others – "Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording" is the official title for the statue. But this […]

todayFebruary 5, 2023

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Samara Joy’s polyphonic stardom

A few years after winning a prestigious jazz vocal competition while still a college student, 23-year-old Samara Joy is now a multiple Grammy nominee for her album Linger Awhile. Meredith Truax/Courtesy of the artist Samara Joy stood gently swaying, within a rare circle of calm late last year, as a Hammond organ purred in sanctified accord. It was four days before Christmas. Joy was at Ardmore Music Hall just outside […]

todayFebruary 5, 2023

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‘Black on Black’ celebrates Black culture while exploring history and racial tension

These lines appear on the first page of Daniel Black's Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America: "I write because we hurt. I write because some pain can't be described. It can only be felt in the marrow of a story or the lyrics of a song." Black's new collection of essays dig deep into Blackness, history and racial tension in this country, while simultaneously serving as […]

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It’s Black History Month. Here are 3 things to know about the annual celebration

Vice President Harris (center) marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 6, 2022, in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images February marks Black History Month, a tradition that got its start in the Jim Crow era and was officially recognized in 1976 as part of the nation's bicentennial celebrations. It aims to honor the contributions that African Americans have made […]

todayFebruary 1, 2023

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Lady Wray: Tiny Desk Concert

This year's Black History Month celebration at the Tiny Desk features a carefully crafted lineup spanning many genres, generations and walks of life. Each artist represents the best in their class and will be performing at the Tiny Desk for the first time. As Lady Wray and her band checked into NPR headquarters for their Tiny Desk concert, I overheard her talking about how the excitement to perform kept her […]

todayFebruary 1, 2023

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Tyre Nichols loved skateboarding. That’s how his friends say they’ll remember him

Childhood friends of Tyre Nichols best remember him at the skateboard park practicing new tricks on the mini ramp.Austin Robert Updated January 29, 2023 at 3:49 PM ET In one video, Tyre Nichols is about 17 years old, skating along a mini ramp as the sun paints his hometown of Sacramento, Calif., bright orange. In another clip, Nichols trips off his skateboard while practicing a trick but remains unfazed. Instead, […]

todayJanuary 29, 2023

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