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‘Down With the King’ Review: A Rapper in the Wilderness

In Diego Ongaro’s patient and subtle new film, Freddie Gibbs plays a hip-hop artist struggling with a career malaise.

By A.O. Scott

‘Beauty’ Review: Requiem for a Pop Star

The ghost of Whitney Houston haunts “Beauty,” the story of a singer, her family and best friend on the edge of fame.

By Lisa Kennedy

The Charts

Drake’s ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ Is His 11th No. 1 Album

The dance-oriented surprise release debuts with the equivalent of 204,000 sales — the streaming star’s lowest opening-week tally for a studio album.

By Ben Sisario

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Season Goes Global

The institution will present 22 programs from late September through next June, and feature performers from five continents.

By Giovanni Russonello

Big Ticket

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen Sell a Pair of Penthouses in NoLIta

The couple got nearly $16.8 million, making it one of the largest closings in New York City in June. The biggest, a Midtown penthouse, sold for around $56 million.

By Vivian Marino

Overlooked No More: Klaus Nomi, Singer With an Otherworldly Persona

His sound and look influenced everyone from Anohni to Lady Gaga. He also sang backup vocals for David Bowie.

By Rachel Felder

Patrick Adams, Master of New York’s Underground Disco Scene, Dies at 72

He produced, arranged or engineered many of the era’s biggest nightclub hits, even if his records rarely got much play on the radio.

By Clay Risen

Arnold Skolnick, Whose Poster Embodied Woodstock, Dies at 85

On short notice, he created the bird-on-a-guitar design that advertised the 1969 festival — and became a symbol of the era.

By Neil Genzlinger

A Party Crawl With Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova

At 21, she was a founding member of the Russian anti-government punk collective. At 22, she was imprisoned. A decade later, she’s still fighting, this time using cryptocurrency to help her subvert the system.

By Valeriya Safronova

Where TikTok-Like Dance Challenges Meet Network TV

“Dancing With Myself,” on NBC, shows the deep influence of the dance challenge on popular culture, even as its hold on TikTok has loosened.

By Margaret Fuhrer