You couldn’t put clothes in them. They were cumbersome to carry around. Some of them were filled with bugs or strange brassieres. So what use were the suitcases in last week’s Suitcase Show?

The answer is there wasn’t any, and that’s how curator Phillip Hyman likes it.

A lot of things have changed in Charleston’s art scene since Hyman hosted the first Suitcase Art Show at Cumberland’s four years ago. …
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Hip-hop heavyweight MARION ‘SUGE’ KNIGHT has helped boost a pal’s film career by attacking his rap rivals on camera.

The former Death Row Records boss is the focus of young filmmakers Jabari Henley and Shane Taylor’s short, The Mic, which pokes fun at rap stars like Eminem and Dr. Dre.

Knight agreed to rant about his rivals as a favour to pal Big U - Henley’s father. …
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