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🗓️ Pete Rock & CL Smooth's seminal debut album 'Mecca & The Soul Brother' hit stores on this day 1992. In addition to its incredible use of samples, tracks from the album have been sampled hundreds of times. Explore more: whosampled.com/album/Pete-Roc…

Remembering the great Sly Stone, who passed away one year ago today.

James Blood Ulmer (8 February 1940–3 June 2026) The US jazz, blues, rock and funk guitarist has died aged 86. As a tribute we have made Steve Holtje’s May 1998 interview and profile from The Wire 171 free to read in our online archive. thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the…

Which of these #PharoahSanders albums is your favorite?

Remembering Prince Rogers Nelson, born #OnThisDay in 1958, and gone too soon. Here’s Prince with his very first car, a 1977 Datsun 200SX (📸 N/K). #Prince4Ever #Prince #Nissan #NissanSilvia #StarsAndCars

The consultation:

Biometric Update @BiometricUpdate

6 days ago

UK consultation results show overwhelming support for social media age limits, with 89% of responding parents backing a legal minimum age requirement. The debate is increasingly shifting from whether age assurance works to how it should be governed and enforced. #ageverification

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Boy’s Own Party, - August 1989 #oldskool #rave #80s #90s

Trio Ternura, "A Gira," 1973. A São Paulo family trio at the heart of Brasil’s soul and MPB scene, singing a Candomblé prayer on national television in the middle of a military dictatorship. The 7-inch became one of the most hunted Brasilian singles of all time.

Put That Record Back On #JustIce #Mantronix

Packed room. Live jammers. People dancing. Serious Latin energy 🔥 Come and see what the Latin Jam is all about next Tuesday 9 June at Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club. 🎟 Book now - vist.ly/56r65 #LatinJam #LiveMusicLondon #SouthLondonNights

It is with immeasurable sorrow that the MOBO Organisation announces the passing of its Founder and CEO, Kanya King CBE. Kanya passed away peacefully on 3 June 2026 after a courageous and characteristically determined battle with colon cancer. She was surrounded by her family, close friends and love. Thirty years ago, Kanya King remortgaged her home, alone, without institutional backing or industry support, to build a stage that would transform British music forever. She was a single mother from a Kilburn council estate who was told that Black music was too niche, that there was no market and that the industry was not interested. Instead of arguing, she built. Six weeks later, the first MOBO Awards was broadcast to the nation, and nothing was ever the same again. What Kanya created was never simply an awards ceremony. It was an act of cultural justice. MOBO did not just celebrate Black music; it legitimised it, amplified it and transformed the cultural landscape of the UK. From Stormzy, Little Simz and RAYE to Craig David, Ms. Dynamite, Amy Winehouse, Central Cee and countless others, generations of artists have benefited from Kanya King's vision. She built a platform that reached hundreds of millions of people around the world. She was awarded a CBE and received an Ivors Academy Honour in 2025. She never stopped. She never asked for permission. She never accepted that the word “no” was final. When she stood on the MOBO stage in Newcastle in February 2025, just months after her diagnosis, she told the audience: “I never allowed someone to define my limits. Not in life. Not in business. And I’m certainly not going to have that happen now.” That was Kanya King. Right to the very end. The 2026 MOBO Awards, held during the Organisation’s landmark 30th anniversary year, will be dedicated entirely to her memory. The world was a profoundly better place with Kanya King in it. The MOBO family is heartbroken, but endlessly grateful, proud and inspired by everything she gave to music, culture and future generations. Rest in power, Kanya. You built this. All of it.

Happy 84th Birthday to the late, great Curtis Mayfield 🩶

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Third Degree #DilatedPeoples #Defari This is the #Alchemist first produced beat #WestCoastWednesday

Not only is this my favorite song from this album… This is my favorite song fro the Wu… EVER…

Truethingz™️ @Manlike_Solz

a week ago

It’s been 29 years since Wu-Tang Clan released ‘Wu-Tang Forever.’ What’s your favorite track?

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On this day in 1997, Wu-Tang Forever was released.

Go See The Doctor #KoolMoeDee

We still do not know every detail surrounding the disappearance of Dawa Sherpa, who has been missing high on Mt Everest since 28 May. We also acknowledge and apploud that 8K Expeditions came out and now taken the initiative to organize an aerial search in an effort to locate him. But one difficult question remains: if the climber left behind on Everest had been a foreign client, would the response have been the same? Or would there have been a far greater and more immediate effort to search for and rescue them? It is an uncomfortable question, but one that deserves to be asked. For decades, Sherpas have been the backbone of Everest. They fix the ropes, break the trail, carry the loads, support clients, and make countless summit dreams possible. Much of the commercial climbing industry that once depended on Western guiding companies now relies heavily on the skill, strength, and sacrifice of Sherpa climbers and their companies. Yet when a Sherpa goes missing high on the mountain, where is that same urgency? Where is that same determination to bring him home? Dawa Sherpa has now been missing on Everest for days. Beyond the business, the records, the permits, and the commercialization, this tragedy should remind us of a simple truth: a Sherpa life is worth no less than any other life on the mountain. Everest should not place a different value on a human being based on nationality, wealth, or whether they are a client or a worker. Every life matters equally. Every missing climber deserves the same urgency. Every family deserves answers. Photo Courtesy: Kumbha Rai.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the GRANDMASTER of GREEN the legendary @B_Real @cypresshill 🎈🎂🍾🪴 We’ve slayed a million shows on a million stages around the world throughout the years homie & it’s my honor to slay a million more.⚔️ Love ya bro.🤜🏼🤛🏾 #BReal #CypressHill #DrGreenthumb