Posthumous

“This book doesn’t work. It must be destroyed.” Not a one-star rant from the bowels of Amazon or Goodreads, but rather the verdict of Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez on his now posthumously published novel, Until August, a breezy romp brewed in his 70s and previously excerpted by the New Yorker in 1999 after he read from it on stage in Madrid with the late José Saramago.The erotic adventures of a middle-aged mother, it was originally conceived as a five-part narrative more than 600 pages long, but was set…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeIn 1939, the Gone with the Wind screenwriter Sidney Howard was crushed to death in a freak tractor accident on his farm. A year later, he won the inaugural posthumous Oscar. It was the first of surprisingly many deceased winners and nominees, from James Dean and Spencer Tracy to Chadwick Boseman and Walt Disney.For obvious reasons, there is always a surge of goodwill at the Oscars…

A posthumous memoir from Lisa Marie Presley will be published by Random House, it was announced Thursday. Random House, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, will publish the memoir in collaboration with Presley’s daughter actress Riley Keough.  “This raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir will lift the veil on one of America’s most storied families, sharing intimate memories of Lisa Marie’s remarkable, tumultuous life while offering a poignant…

Lisa Marie Presley‘s posthumous memoir will hit shelves later this year, thanks to her daughter Riley Keough. Almost exactly one year after Presley’s unexpected death, Random House revealed Thursday that the singer was writing a memoir about her high-profile and complicated life as the sole child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. In a statement shared with The Times, Random House said that Presley asked her daughter to help finish the book before she died. Presley died on Jan. 12, 2023, at 54 after she suffered a…

New music from Coolio is underway, nearly a year after the “Gangsta’s Paradise” artist died in September 2022. “A Star Is Born,” the first posthumous single from the rapper born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., premiered Friday. A posthumous album called “Long Live Coolio” will follow later this year, the Associated Press reported Friday. The four-minute song, which tracks Coolio’s rise to stardom from his upbringing in Compton, is one of 11 songs on “Long Live Coolio.” The album boasts a handful of guest artists including Treach of…

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It’s been 10 months since the death of Lil Keed, born Raqhid Jevon Render, but the people who knew him best—his family and music team—still feel his spirit daily. His mother, Tonnie Woods-Reed, says Keed’s 4-year-old daughter Naychur speaks with her dad often: “When she comes to my house, she’ll say, ‘Nana, my daddy told me to tell you something: He misses you and he loves you.’” His manager Zoe Dupree says the late rapper plays little tricks on them. “One day, I came home and everything’s on the floor—obituary, records,…

A posthumous Coolio album is on the way.On Friday, the official video for lead track “Tag ‘You It’” with Too Short and DJ Wino was released. The visual—directed by Kniknotti and Kev—takes a playful, ’90s-inspired approach to interpreting the song.Watch “Tag ‘You It’” up top. According to Billboard, fans can soon expect Long Live Coolio, though an exact release date has not been confirmed. In September of last year, Coolio died at the age of 59. The following month, the I Love the 90s Tour—which was initially set to…

Gangsta Boo’s legacy lives on.More than two months after her untimely death, TMZ Hip Hop confirmed plans for the rapper’s first posthumous album. Sources said Gangsta Boo’s estate has already secured a number of big-name features, including Latto, Run the Jewels, Skepta, and La Chat. The insiders also revealed that Drumma Boy, Nick Hook, and El-P have signed on to handle production, while Metro Boomin and BeatKing are in talks to contribute. Gangsta Boo’s untitled project is scheduled to arrive on Aug. 7, which would’ve…

Announced last month on the first anniversary of his tragic death, Young Dolph’s first posthumous Paper Route Frank album has arrived.Featuring the previously released singles “Hall of Fame,” “Get Away,” and “Old Ways,” the record includes guest appearances from Key Glock (“That’s How”), Gucci Mane (“Roster”), 2 Chainz (“Beep Beep”), and Paper Route Empire signees Big Moochie Grape and Snupe Bandz (“Infatuated with Drugs”).The 13-track offering, which serves as the follow-up to Dolph’s 2020 LP Rich Slave, also has…