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  Yella Beezy Isn't Slowing Down, Nor Is Rise of Rapper's Popularity, After October Shooting

  December 18 at 10:53 a.m.

  Deandre Conway’s Oak Cliff upbringing would seem outlandish and exaggerated if it were the plot of a movie. The rapper known as Yella Beezy was 12 when he lost his father. He started hustling to help provide for his family by 13 and sold his last rock of crack right...

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  Pearl Earl Is Aware They Are Female Musicians, Thanks

  December 18 at 4 a.m.

  It’s 11 p.m. on a stormy Friday in Denton when band practice finally gets going. Intermittent claps of thunder and the unmistakable shriek of feedback pierce the tranquility of a quiet neighborhood. Guitarist Ariel Hartley sets up the closet-sized rehearsal space in the back of her cozy rental house. She...

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  Alex The Great Wrote “Out of Order” About Botham Jean Killing

  December 13 at 4 a.m.

  When news broke that an off-duty Dallas police officer shot and killed Botham Jean, an unarmed black man, in his Dallas apartment, Alex Crawford was angry. That was the feeling of many, but Crawford says it affected him on another level because he is a black artist. “Where are we safe at?”...

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  Dallas-Born Artist Damon Neal Has a Clear-Cut Aim for Doing What He Does

  December 13 at 4 a.m.

  “I want people to know Native Americans are still here,” says Damon Neal, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Neal, whose mother is Apache and whose father is of Cherokee, Wichita, Caddo and Delaware descent, will turn 41 on Friday. He spends about 25 percent of his time making...

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  Somogyi Is Back With Sideways Dreams

  December 12 at 4 a.m.

  One day, Ashley Paige Somogyi, a local musician who goes by Somogyi, was walking around the Dallas Arts District with a friend when they found a wine bottle on the ground. Somogyi picked it up and read the word “Yes" on the cork. On one side of the bottle was...

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  Dee Simmons, aka Mama Dee, Is the Breakout Star of The Real Housewives of Dallas

  December 12 at 4 a.m.

  Dee Simmons doesn’t really give a rip. Or a dog's rip. Or a flip. Or a rat’s ass. Dee Simmons is the larger-than-life, all-knowing and all-giving woman of Dallas society, and she isn’t concerned about what anyone thinks of her. It’s a Friday afternoon when Simmons’ housekeeper opens the front...