Randy Alpert tells Billboard about his memories of composing and recording "Rise," why "Hypnotize" was the first sample ... Andy Armer and I had a little four-track studio in my apartment.

When Notorious B.I.G.’s funeral procession rolled through his native Bed-Stuy in 1997, mourners began blasting his track “Hypnotize,” and it subsequently turned the rapper’s wake into a ...

FLORA -- Andy Armer, age 86, of Flora, Illinois, previously of Sullivan, passed away Friday, July 22, 2016, at his home in Flora. Andy was born June 8, 1930, in Clay County, Tennessee, the son of ...