Public Enemy owes its staying power to an ability to evolve. Their music came out of the gates like a bomb with loudspeakers, ...
Rapper Ja Rule is bringing both beats and bourbon to Miami Beach as the South Beach Wine and Food Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Florida rapper Lil Poppa has died by suicide, Georgia authorities said. He was 25. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's ...
A high-stakes dispute forcing copyright law to confront a long-standing problem: how to define ‘originality’ for the protection of musical works.
Ahead of a new EP, the creative polymath answers your questions on Thom Yorke, Kendrick Lamar and how a sci-fi epic ate up his whole life ...
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For a city known for both its thriving grassroots music scene and rich classical heritage, a concert hailed as ‘the first of its kind’ is set to show Leeds can turn up the volume when it comes to ...
Chuck D, or Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, has his answers for Gene Simmons’s statements on the Legends N Leaders podcast. In the interview, the Israeli-American musician stated how hip-hop music can’t ...
Johnny Gill's "One Night" takes No. 1 on Billboard's Adult R&B Airplay radio chart, the fourth champ for the New Edition member turned solo star.
A weekend-long internet storm erupted this week after Sexyy Red, the breakout rap star known for her bold lyrics and unapologetic personality, sparked major ...
Seagram’s Royal Stag BoomBox, the iconic experiential music festival that blends Bollywood’s timeless melodies with the pulsating beats of hip-hop, is back with its much-anticipated Season Four.
Undoubtedly the most revered beatmaker in hip-hop’s five-decade history, James Dewitt Yancey - better known as J Dilla or Jay ...