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Slayer had what was supposed to be their second show in five years (following their return to the stage at Riot Fest) cancelled when Louisville, KY festival Louder Than Life was forced to cancel its ...

Louder: The Soundtrack of Change, now streaming on Max, is a documentary, produced by Selena Gomez and Stacey Abrams and directed by Kristi Jacobson, that tracks the voices of women in song throughout ...

NPR Music's Louder than a Riot has been doing a deep dive into the stories of rappers that highlight inequalities in the way this country... In Podcast Finale, 'Louder Than A Riot' Looks At Prison ...

In 2001, the rapper Mac Phipps was convicted of manslaughter. His crime - killing a young fan at a nightclub in Slidell, La., where Phipps was performing. To many at the time, it was another story of ...