PopSugar UK — I'm a music nerd: I used to be a music writer, I've been to more concerts than I can count, and I will unironically declare that I love rock 'n' roll. And I just can't deal with cheesy Christmas music. I want to listen to Christmas music that sounds... more info

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AllHipHop — HOV TOOK IT OLD SCHOOL The post Jay Z Curates “Brick Phone” Tidal Playlist Featuring Songs By Slick Rick, Run-D.M.C., BDP & More appeared first on Exclusive Hip Hop News, Interviews, Rumors, Rap & Music Videos | Allhiphop. more info

Yahoo! Music — Lyor Cohen has been named global head of music at YouTube, the company has announced.  Cohen is the founder and current CEO of 300, which has Fetty Wap, Young Thug and others signed to the label. He had previously headed up Warner Music Grou... more info

Consequence of Sound — Everyone from Conor Oberst to Run-D.M.C. have tried to do justice to Ray Parker Jr.'s classic. more info

Stereogum — Daryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels of pioneering rap duo Run D.M.C. struggled with severe depression and suicidal thoughts in the late ’90s, and he opens up about his mental health in a new memoir entitled Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide. McDaniels had be... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — FRAGILE MORTALS, the new band that combines hip-hop legend Darryl "DMC" McDaniels (RUN-D.M.C.) with the metal group GENERATION KILL — featuring vocalist Rob Dukes (ex-EXODUS) and bassist Rob Moschetti (ex-PRO-PAIN, M.O.D.) — will releas... more info

People.com — "Whatever my hesitations about suicide, I sometimes think I would have done the deed if it weren't for that record," says McDaniels of the pop ballad more info

People.com — "I saw the potential to help people going through exactly what I went through," says the hip-hop icon of his new memoir, Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide more info