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Hours before taking the stage with dozens of iconic hip-hop artists on the 2023 Grammys stage, rapper Ice-T said he almost declined the invitation.

For almost as long as the 50 years of history celebrated on Sunday's Grammy awards, rap artists have had an uncomfortable relationship with the music's biggest institution.

Amid a rising violent crime spike in Los Angeles, rapper and actor Ice-T sounded of on Twitter, calling the Democrat-run city a "dangerous place."

In the wake of PnB Rock's killing, Ice-T tweets, 'Why test the streets.' L.A. rappers, he explains, have reasons why they don't wear a lot of jewelry.

Mo Ostin, a self-effacing giant of the music business who with rare integrity presided over Warner Bros.

Ice-T and his wife, Coco Austin, are catching heat for pushing their 6-year-old daughter Chanel in a stroller while visiting Atlantis Bahamas in the Caribbean.

Ice-T has never forgotten the path his life might have taken.

Ice-T has never forgotten the path his life might have taken. The rapper and actor has a deal with Gallery Books for the memoir “Split Decision,” in which Ice-T and his longtime friend, identified only as Spike, look back on their time as partners in jewelry heists in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Spike ended up in prison while Ice-T went on to fame as a musician and for his roles in “New Jack City” and the TV series “Law & Order: SVU" among others.

However, his new single “‘6 ‘N the Mornin’,” has the West Coast buzzing because it has put two legends on the same track who ironically never collaborated before — Ice-T and Snoop Dogg — along with the future of West Coast music, Ty Dolla $ign. Zenger: You just released your latest single, “6 ‘N the Mornin’” where you actually get West Coast legends Ice-T and Snoop Dogg to collaborate for the first time. I knew it would be dope to celebrate “6 ‘N the Mornin.’ ” The origin of all West Coast hip-hop and all gangsta rap. Well, if you have the god of gangsta rap, you gotta put the god of West Coast hip-hop, Snoop Dogg, on the song. Hall and Fern Siegel)The post Making Music: West Coast Hip-Hop Legends Join In Glasses Malone’s New Single appeared first on Zenger News.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES— “Enola Holmes”: It’s somewhat fitting that “Stranger Things” breakout Millie Bobby Brown gets her first starring role in a Netflix film, “Enola Holmes,” coming to the streamer Wednesday. — The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was supposed to take place in June in Tennessee but was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. This week, though, the festival is launching Virtual ROO-ALITY, a three-night live broadcast featuring new performances as well as content from the Bonnaroo archive. The two-hour film will be available at 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday at pbs.org/frontline and on YouTube at 9 p.m. EDT.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. hip-hop community is using its bullhorn to bring awareness and money to the battle against the coronavirus as data shows that African-Americans are dying at a disproportionately high rate. The New York City-based Universal Hip Hop Museum and entertainment company Mass Appeal will host a Hip Hop Loves NY livestream on Thursday to honor frontline healthcare workers. Everyones talking about health regimens. Im gonna get a chance to sit back and see my hip hop brothers and sisters do their thing, she said. Organizers said funds raised will be donated to SOMOS Community Care, a network of over 2,500 healthcare providers in New York City, and The Bronx Community Relief Effort.