Even when he was too young to have one, Nas was fixated on the past. His breakout moment, the starmaking first verse from ...

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Walter used to hang out at Revolution Records in downtown Halifax. Skratch Bastid, born Paul Murphy, worked there and the two ...

Rolling Stone ranks the best Afropop songs of the year featuring Adekunle Gold, Rema, Moily, Theodora, Tyla, Davido, Bien, ...

Another classic by the Steve Miller Band is receiving new life in a hip-hop song. The “Take the Money and Run” singer’s 1977 No. 2 hit “Fly Like an Eagle” has turned up in “It’s Time,” a new track by ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On Friday (Dec. 12), hip-hop fans were gifted with an album 30 years in ...

In the sprawling landscape of hip-hop, few names carry the weight and influence of DJ Clue?. For decades, his signature “booms” and explosive mixtapes have served as the unofficial soundtrack to a ...

Marcus Blount, aka “Beezy,” is the owner of One Goods Co., a shop located on Patrick St. that describes itself on Instagram as offering “street-certified curated vintage tees, hats and more.” While ...

To commemorate the university’s sixtieth anniversary, SUNY Old Westbury partnered with the Hip Hop Alliance to produce an unforgettable concert headlined by the legendary Kurtis Blow. This milestone ...

S ince debuting in 1991 with a feature on Main Source’s “Live at the Barbeque,” Nas has been intent on amplifying New York hip-hop. His first full-length album, Illmatic, was an evolution in hip-hop ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On this episode of The Scruffy City Beat, WBIR’s podcast about music in Knoxville, we’re talking with Jarius Bush, a local hip-hop artist and one of the key leaders of the Good Guy ...