After completing filming of the Presley movie, she and her second husband, Gregory Lafayette (born Earl Gregory Nisonger Jr. on January 23, 1938 in New York City) left Hollywood to return to their home in New York. While driving through Wyoming on July 3, 1957, they were involved in an automobile accident on U.S. Route 287 near Rock River. She was killed instantly, aged 24, and her husband died the following day, aged 19. Read More...
In 2016, Carolyn Bush, a 25-year-old poet living in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens in New York, collaborated with her colleagues at Wendy’s Subway, a literary nonprofit she had co-founded, on a compilation of essays about community. For the project, which was based on theorist Roland Barthes’s book “How to Live Together,” each writer selected a term they would define. Bush chose “parataxis,” which she wrote meant “simultaneity, alone together” — she planned to expand on the definition in her essay. Read More...
GloRilla is the stage name of American rapper Gloria Hallelujah Woods, who was born on July 28, 1999, in Memphis, Tennessee.
After collaborating with Hitkidd on the 2022 song “F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” which was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, she gained notoriety. In the Billboard Hot 100, her song “Tomorrow 2″—featuring Cardi B—made it to the top ten. A remix of her song “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” with Latto and JT from City Girls was released. Read More...