A Grammy-winning rapper who took more than $100 million from a billionaire Asian businessman and used it to try to wield ...

A Bronx native, Mickey Factz’s life revolves around the boom-bap beats of the revered hip-hop tradition. As a lyricist and ...

If you like music artists like Outkast, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and Anderson .Paak, you need to press play on La Reezy.

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On Nov. 7, The Blue Note hosts rap legend Talib Kweli, and platforms local rappers Damoe Donjuan, Reaceyung and Tef Poe ...

Formed in Bergen County in 1990, Dog Eat Dog were one of many positive hardcore bands from the fertile New Jersey scene of the time. They managed to secure a deal with Roadrunner Records after an ...

Learn the origins of trap music, its evolution from Southern US streets, why it connects with Nigerian listeners and find out how trap differs from rap.

Danny Brown will never be truly famous. His sound is too heterogeneous, too hard to pin down. Across his now six studio albums, Brown is at the forefront of experimental hip-hop. On his newest album, ...

A History of Rock and Roll in Fifteen Drummers, traces the Roots drummer’s journey from Philly prodigy to genre-shaping ...

Gallagher-Iba Arena is once again buzzing like the days of old. The fans of Cowboy basketball are steadily packing the ...

Ahead of his Camp Flog Gnaw performance with Larry June and 2 Chainz, the Alchemist opens up about his evolution as both a ...