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2 days ago
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De La Soul Dig Into Their Long Island Roots in ‘The Sixth Borough' Doc Clip
De La Soul's Maseo and Posdnuos return to Long Island to discuss their earliest sessions with producer Prince Paul in an exclusive clip from the upcoming documentary, The Sixth Borough. Directed by Jason Pollard, the film digs into the vibrant and influential history of hip-hop on Long Island, which is often overlooked compared to the genre's storied, well-documented past in New York City. De La Soul are one of the prime examples, with the group forming while Maseo, Posdnous, and Trugoy the Dove (who died in 2023) were still high school students in the town of Amityville. More from Rolling Stone Eddie Vedder Raises Awareness for Rare Disease in New Docu Clip MTV's the State Look Back on Early Years in New Documentary: 'It Was Intense in Every Way' Lil Wayne's First 'Tha Carter VI' Track Featured in an NBA Finals Campaign In the new clip, Maseo and Posdnous return to their alma mater, Amityville Memorial High School, with Maseo recalling the day Prince Paul, who co-produced the group's seminal first three albums, came to the school and caught Maseo between classes. 'He was like, 'Watchu doing?'' Maseo recalls. 'And I just immediately said, 'Nothing now!' I cut the rest of the day and I went with Paul. He was like, 'Let's go to your house, go get them tapes.'' Paul was so impressed with the early demos Maseo showed him, they set up a meeting with the other members of De La Soul. During that session, Posdnous admits he was a little unsure of the producer as began tinkering with the group's production and crafting a new sound. Maseo then cracks of his bandmate, 'He got this little twitch that only me and Dave [Trugoy] know! Because Pos is usually pretty chill. But he has these little twitches though when he's excited or he's upset.' In a statement to Rolling Stone, Pollard says the clip shows 'the transformation of De La Soul's original, rough sound from their demos to the more polished sound that audiences globally would come to know them for. The catalyst behind this transformation was Producer/DJ Prince Paul, another Long Island native. Their personalities and sensibilities instantly clicked and the rest is music history.' Along with the interview with Pos and Maseo outside their old high school, the clip also features a few archival interviews with Prince Paul. One shows him finding a sample-able drumbeat in, of all places, a novelty album from Disneyland. In the other, the producer discusses how De La Soul became an outlet for him to experiment in ways he wasn't able to as a DJ for the group Stestsasonic. The Sixth Borough will have its world premiere Wednesday, June 11, as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. Along with De La Soul, the film features interviews with other Long Island luminaries such as Rakim, Method Man, Public Enemy's Chuck D and Keith Shocklee, and EPMD's Parrish Smith and Erick Sermon. 'We are hopeful that this film gives Long Island the same amount of acclaim and respect as other places in New York,' Pollard says. 'The Bronx was the birthplace of hip-hop, but the culture was transferred and transformed when it got to Long Island. This film gives Long Island its rightful place in hip-hop history by showing the generational and cultural impact of the artists that came from that area.' The film's producer, Andrew Theodorakis, adds, 'Since the birth of hip hop music in the Bronx, where you're from is very important. It's a very competitive genre, and fans love to make lists of the best rappers. I noticed that Rakim and Chuck D were on the top of a lot of people's lists, and people didn't really know where they were from. So we wanted to tell the story of a region and how influential it was in the culture… I think that Long Island can hold its own and in most cases success over the other boroughs throughout hip hop history.' { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 1, }, pmcCnx: { singleAutoPlay: 'auto' } } }, playerId: "d762a038-c1a2-4e6c-969e-b2f1c9ec6f8a", mediaId: "569350c5-4339-4be0-820c-dc79d6aba8a1", }).render("connatix_player_569350c5-4339-4be0-820c-dc79d6aba8a1_1"); }); Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
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2 days ago
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Rapper Silentó Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Cousin's Shooting Death
The rapper Silentó, who scored a major hit with his 2015 single 'Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)' — and the two dance crazes it combined — has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for charges related to the shooting death of his cousin, Frederick Rooks. Per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on Wednesday, June 11, Silentó, born Ricky Lamar Hawk, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to voluntary manslaughter stemming from the January 2021 killing. Police found Rooks' body abandoned on a road outside a home near the Atlanta-area community of Panthersville. Though Hawk was originally charged with malice murder, a felony murder charge was dropped as a part of his plea deal. Hawk also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and concealing the death of another. More from Rolling Stone 'How Much Does My Body Cost?': Sean Combs' Ex Faces Fiery Cross-Examination De La Soul Dig Into Their Long Island Roots in 'The Sixth Borough' Doc Clip Lil Durk Denied Bail Again in Murder-for-Hire Case While Rooks' siblings reportedly were underwhelmed with the sentence at the hearing, another expressed mutual sympathy. 'I'm sorry for both sides,' they told DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Courtney L. Johnson, according to the AJC. Hawk was a teenager when 'Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)' took the internet and world by storm. It became popular on the now defunct micro-video app Vine, a predecessor of sorts to TikTok. The song hit Number Three on the Billboard Hot 100 and its music video has earned nearly 2 billion YouTube streams. However, over the years, Hawk and a representative have attested to the rapper's mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, and childhood trauma. In 2021, former publicist Chanel Hudson told the AJC that the rapper had attempted suicide the year prior. Later, he faced multiple arrests, including two in California for domestic violence and gun charges. Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
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04-06-2025
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Miley Cyrus, Rakim, Depeche Mode, Becky G & Beyond: How Music Became a Key Part of Tribeca Festival
'When we first started taking the train in from Long Island, me and Biz [Markie] and the other Sixth Borough artists had to sneak into events like this and steal a mic to get onstage,' Rakim says. 'Now we got the red carpet.' The Wyandanch, N.Y.-born rapper, who inspired everyone from Jay-Z to Eminem with his culture-shifting rhymes as part of the duo Eric B. & Rakim, is talking about The Sixth Borough, a documentary about Long Island hip-hop that will premiere at Tribeca Festival on June 11, followed by a set from Rakim and De La Soul. It's one of many music-centric movies playing at the event, which begins June 4 with the world premiere of Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a documentary that will screen weeks after Joel revealed that health issues were forcing him to scuttle all upcoming appearances. More from Billboard 'Billy Joel: And So It Goes' Documentary Set for 2025 Tribeca Festival Premiere Taylor Swift Has the Most-Copied Style on TikTok: Here Are 10 Pieces to Shop Now Lil Uzi Vert Models for Vans' Premium Old Skool Campaign: Here's How to Shop the Sneakers Tribeca Festival director/senior vp of programming Cara Cusumano has watched its music-related programming steadily increase since joining in 2007 after attending the inaugural festival as a student in 2002 ('I always wanted to be involved in some way,' she recalls). This year's lineup includes documentaries from Becky G (Rebecca), Eddie Vedder (Matter of Time), Billy Idol (Billy Idol Should Be Dead) and more. 'At its core, our new film M is about the deep connection between music, culture, and people,' says Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan of the concert doc Depeche Mode: M, which debuts at Tribeca on June 5. 'Fernando Frías, who directed and conceived the film, did a beautiful job telling that story through the lens of Mexican culture and our shows in Mexico City. To now bring it to Tribeca and share it with a wider audience here is something we're truly proud of.' 'Our local audience is New York – it's the biggest, most diverse moviegoing audience in the world,' says Cusumano of the festival's appetite for eclectic stories. And as new media continues to redefine film, that diversity extends to the cinematic perimeters of projects on this year's lineup, which includes visual albums from Miley Cyrus (Something Beautiful), Slick Rick (Victory) and Turnstile (Never Enough). 'The labels are giving more and more budget toward these visual albums,' says music programmer Vincent Cassous, who worked as a booking agent before joining the Tribeca Festival in 2022. 'It's a big swing for promo.' Working with each film's director and producer, Cassous helps execute what happens after the film wraps: A Q&A with Cyrus? A performance by Vedder? A house music party? 'Obviously, production and budgets come into play,' he says, adding that the festival is committed to keeping ticket prices low even as production costs rise. Those post-screening events often carry an emotional weight that even affects seasoned veterans. 'I was backstage with Santana a couple years ago at the Beacon … his hand was shaking when he was introducing the [2023 Carlos documentary],' Cassous says. 'This person has performed for millions of people, but I think for him, he was so vulnerable in the film and his whole family was there.' 'These people are often seeing films for the first time that are their own lives and careers calculated, and then getting up onstage immediately,' Cusumano adds. 'It is such a unique moment in their lives that audiences get to be invited into.' A version of this story appears in the June 7, 2025, issue of Billboard. Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021
