Legendary Rapper Chino XL Dies at 50: ‘One of the Greatest to Ever Touch a Mic’ (Obituary from People)

Music Votes coalition reveals first wave of industry partners (Article from Music Ally)

Gangsta rapper to grandfather: The Olympic gold rebranding of Snoop Dogg (Article from CNN)

Steve Albini Gets Chicago Street Named in His Honor (Story from Pitchfork)

Steven Van Zandt: ‘Every Springsteen needs a guy reminding them they were once nobody’ (Interview from The Independent)

“That’s when the phone lines all over the world collapsed… The moment came when people fully understood what this was for”: The creation of The Cars’ song Drive and how it soundtracked a humanitarian catastrophe (Article from MusicRadar)