This upcoming Sunday, February 5th, The Recording Academy will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop at the Grammys. “Featuring a litany of greats onstage […], the segment will showcase [hip-hop’s] rich history…
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Kelly was supposed to face even more charges in his hometown of Chicago following his conviction in New York. However, that’s no longer the case. A judge has formally dismissed sex abuse…
Lil Wayne is heading on tour. Rolling Loud and Live Nation will be presenting The Welcome To Tha Carter Tour alongside the rapper’s own company Young Money Entertainment. The tour will be…
In New York City, DJing and breakdancing gave birth to the hip-hop that sells out stadiums, wins Grammys, and gets major radio airplay. A new exhibition at Fotografiska, the photography museum in…
New York Times has just crowned Ice Spice as “Rap’s New Princess”… New York Times went from congratulating every book on the planet with the title of “Best Seller”, to stepping…
Panic! At The Disco is calling it quits after nearly 20 years, the pop-punk group’s lead singer, Brendon Urie, announced on Jan. 24. In a statement posted on Instagram, Urie wrote “Growing…
Dilla Time by Dan Charnas Designed by Rodrigo Corral Illustration by Matt Buck Big ups to Dan Charnas for Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who…
Located in Alphabet City, NYC, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe became a place where lyricists went to cultivate their craft. It has now been around for almost 50 years, cementing itself in NYC…
(Rap so strong And Rap so def), I got Methods! – “Methods” I was in high school the first time I heard a Peanut Butter Wolf track. With no concept of where…
MF DOOM’s debut solo album, Operation Doomsday, was released today in 1999. It was released through Fondle ‘Em Records in 1999, reissued by Sub Verse Records in 2001, then released by Doom’s…