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Transgender Documentary Star Koko Da Doll Shot Dead in Atlanta

  The team behind the award-winning documentary, “Kokomo City,” is expressing grief and shock over the death of one of its subjects, transgender woman Rasheeda Williams, also known as Koko Da Doll. The 35-year-old was reportedly shot dead in Atlanta on Tuesday night. Police Investigation Underway Atlanta police responded to a shooting on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, where they found a female victim with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced deceased at the scene. Homicide investigators are working……

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Pioneering Japanese Composer, Dies at 71

  Oscar-winning composer, musician, actor, and activist Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away at the age of 71 after battling cancer. Sakamoto was a prominent figure in the music industry, scoring over 40 films, including The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, and The Revenant. He received numerous accolades throughout his career, such as two Golden Globes, a Grammy, and a BAFTA. Early Life and Musical Beginnings Born in Tokyo in 1952, Sakamoto was surrounded by music, art, and culture from a……

An Interview with Doseone Copy

Adam Drucker, better known by the alias Doseone, has said his initial attraction to rap was as much about the “persona/ego projection” as a love of words. Drucker cut his teeth on the rap-battle circuit, exchanging rhymes with Eminem and other MCs, until his friendships with like-minded musicians led to the creation of the Anticon collective/record label, which fuses hip-hop to indie rock, ambient music, poetry, and experimental noise.Although Drucker has recorded several solo albums, his primary efforts have been……

24-Nov-63

An image of Susan Straight was uploaded to the website Culture.org in 2013. My mother was so grief-stricken when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 when she went into labour. As a result, my brother was born the next day on the 24th. When I was three weeks old, my first memory is of my mother crying in a wooden chair beside the Swiss clock she had brought with her since she was seventeen and arrived……

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