Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Chi Modu Dies: Photographer Of Tupac, Biggie & Other Hip Hop Legends Was 54
deadline.comFamed photographer Chi Modu has died. The artist, who captured iconic shots of Tupac and many more, was 54.Modu’s passing was confirmed on Monday by way of a post on his official Instagram account. “Our hearts are broken… We continue the fight,” the caption for the post read. “The family requests privacy at this time.”While the cause of Modu’s death was not immediately made clear, sources told TMZ today that he passed following a battle with cancer.Modu—who was born in Nigeria in 1966—broke out as a photographer in the 1990s, when he became director of photography for The Source magazine.
There, he would shoot cover photography for 30 issues, documenting the entirety of hip hop’s golden age.Wu-Tang Clan, Run-DMC, The Notorious B.I.G., Snoop
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