Adam Graham

3 Posts

Detroit News Pop Music Writer, pop culturalist

5 Kris Kross videos that aren't 'Jump'

Chris Kelly, one-half of ’90s backwards-clothes-wearing rap duo Kris Kross, died in Atlanta Wednesday of a possible drug overdose. He was 34. Kris Kross was best known for its No. 1 hit “Jump,” and although that was the group’s only Top 10 hit, the duo was not a one-hit-wonder. Kris Kross released three albums, ending … Continue Reading →

20 lessons learned at Coachella 2013

Coachella 2013 is in the books. The three-day music experience drew some 200,000 sun-baked music fans to the Southern California desert over two weekends this month, officially kicking off the annual festival season while reaffirming its place at the top of the modern American festival landscape. There are plenty of lessons to be learned from … Continue Reading →

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. gets an 8-bit remix

This is great. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.’s “If You Didn’t See Me (Then You Weren’t on the Dance Floor),” already one of the most joyous songs to be released this year, has been remixed to sound like the soundtrack of an 8-bit video game. (I would have called it the Rygar Remix, but that’s just … Continue Reading →