At age 62, Doug Rasheed has enough self-awareness to know how his accomplishments in the music industry might be perceived by consumers of today’s most popular artists and songs. So when younger ...

The 1995 song changed the rapper’s life, bringing a rush of stardom — along with a new level of success that he was unable to match again. By Julia Jacobs It started in 1995 in a home in Los Angeles’ ...

Evanston musician Steve Rashid (Bienen M.M. ’83) hosts a jazz series called “Live at Studio5” most spring and fall weekends. Rashid, who founded the venue Studio5 with his wife Béa Rashid, typically ...

For Portland rapper Rasheed Jama l, hip-hop music is about describing the world around you. Jamal started making music when he was a teenager, growing up in an all-Black Arkansas neighborhood, in a ...