To DJ Stout, the cover’s designer, this portrait of Richards, 60 years old at the time, was “the perfect metaphor for capturing her salty wit and irreverent personality,” he once wrote.

And for me this is one of the great pleasures of our Guest DJ series. Getting to understand how music affects and influences non-music-based artists is always enlightening, whether their art be acting ...

She was a gifted DJ with an enormous vinyl collection; a graphic designer and self-taught web developer with an impressive client base; a hip-hop journalist who enthusiastically embraced the internet ...