Lush Life , his incomparable biography of the great Duke Ellington collaborator, Billy Strayhorn.

Of course he has continued to publish valuable books Positively 4th Street, The Ten-Cent Plague , and now Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture (Da Capo Press), a collection of essays that includes a revisionist appraisal ( The Man Who Was Too Hot ) of the great jazz singer Billy Eckstine. …
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M-Eighty decided to pursue this record breaking attempt for the Longest Freestyle Rap he stated, ‘I don’t think it was ever a question of whether I could freestyle for x amount of time;
I believe you can do anything you set your mind to.
I chose to take on this obstacle because at the end of the day I am providing a great service to others and doing something life altering for an entire community in the name of education. …
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