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Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls)

(Encyclopedia) Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls): see Rap music. ...

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

(Encyclopedia)Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: see Rap music. ...

Puff Daddy (aka P. Diddy, Puffy, or Diddy)

(Encyclopedia) Puff Daddy (aka P. Diddy, Puffy, or Diddy): see Rap music. ...

rock music

(Encyclopedia)rock music, type of music originating in the United States in the mid-1950s and increasingly popular throughout much of the world. A turning point in rock music occurred in the mid-1970s in the ...

Compton

(Encyclopedia)Compton, city (2021pop. 95,740), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach; inc. 1888. It has aircraft, electronic, and ste...

music festivals

(Encyclopedia)music festivals, series of performances separate from the normal concert season and often, but not always, organized around an idea or theme. Music festivals usually are held annually in the summer, s...

music hall

(Encyclopedia)music hall. In England, the Licensing Act of 1737 confined the production of legitimate plays to the two royal theaters—Drury Lane and Covent Garden; the demands for entertainment of the rising lowe...

music video

(Encyclopedia)music video, videotaped performance of a recorded popular song, usually accompanied by dance or a fragmentary story and sometimes employing concert footage. Typically three to five minutes long, music...

Hindu music

(Encyclopedia)Hindu music. The music of India is entirely monodic. To Westerners it is the most accessible of all Asian musical cultures. Its tonal system divides the octave into 22 segments called srutis, not all ...

Hebrew music

(Encyclopedia)Hebrew music: see Jewish liturgical music. ...