The Grammy-nominated hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” borrows heavily from J-Kwon’s 2004 smash – and the rapper is ready to win.

Although far from the oldest writing we have found, these cylinders are 500 years older than any previously known example of alphabetic script, if that is indeed what they carry.

My friend showed me a tattoo on his forearm in the shape of a J, the first initial of his wife, who died this year. The ...