His company scored hits by Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen as he cultivated a bad-boy image of wanton excess.
Music
The D.C. native played with Chuck Brown before working on albums by the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige and Faith Evans.
He and six school friends formed the group in 1964, calling themselves the Jazziacs.
“I believe in freedom and all that, but then there’s a certain point of freedom where you say, ‘No, I’ve got to sacrifice my freedom.’ ”
He influenced Daft Punk and had an international hit with his 1999 song ‘Get Get Down.’
The 2019 Kennedy Center honoree was to host the arts center’s 50th-anniversary concert in September.
The Maryland noise duo performs at Rhizome on Saturday.
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The Grammy-winning Eilish returns, at 19, with deft arrangements and assured songwriting.
“The Roots, we are America’s band, we are Black America’s band. We occupy one of the most unique spaces in the world of music.”
He was one of the Dominican Republic’s most beloved musicians, known for up-tempo hits including “Patacón Pisao” and “¿Pitaste?”
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Instead of singing her soul out, the Swedish pop star looks to the strangeness inside.
He was part of the Texas trio for more than 50 years, anchoring blues-rock hits like “La Grange” and “Tush.”
The 87-year-old “Jersey Boy” talks about why he keeps singing. And why getting played by Nick Jonas is a good thing.
The band of veteran club staffers perform inside their workplace on Friday night.
Offerings from Chelly the MC, Sparkheem and more.
“If you just throw yourself into it and are not afraid to fail, then that’s when you can learn things,” the musician says of being self-taught.
The duo of Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington disappeared after a momentous debut. They explain their absence and what’s behind the new “Spiral.”
- Perspective
In a regional rap tradition, tweaking the tempos creates a sense of time running short.
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Her 1996 debut is her most popular album yet the biggest outlier in her career.
