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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aofoBrFNdg The rapper, DJ, and record producer Biz Markie died on Friday at the age of 57 years old. Rising to fame as a member of the Juice Crew as hip hop flicked at the boundaries of mainstream culture in the eighties, Markie was a larger-than-life character who established an enduring appeal through the success of his 1989 song 'Just...

Investigatory Powers Bill Tells Technology Companies to Keep Quiet In early November the UK's Home Secretary Theresa May presented to Parliament the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill. It effectively replaced, offering in a diminished form, the Draft Communications Data Bill which May initially proposed back in 2012. Becoming known as the 'Snoopers' Charter', and receiving criticism with regard to privacy, security, oversight, accountability, and...

And so after a late April comes a late May. But so good. HANA - 'Clay' 'Clay' is the debut song by HANA, a delicate and spacious ballad produced by her and Blood Diamonds, and released on 12 May. Written by HANA, it features her lucid voice atop the shimmering warmth of the HANA/Blood Diamonds co-production. HANA has been touring with Grimes,...