Swizz Beatz has never needed much to make a beat sound enormous. A cheap-sounding keyboard, drums that feel slightly too loud, a strange loop and enough empty space for a rapper to lose their mind can be more...
There are few coincidences in hip-hop history quite as eerie as Sept. 13. On Sept. 13, 1994, The Notorious B.I.G. released his debut album, Ready to Die. Exactly two years later, Tupac Shakur died at 25 after being...
Layzie Bone has rejoined Bone Thugs-N-Harmony onstage after a week of public tension surrounding his absence from the group’s Wu-Tang Clan tour dates. The dispute began after Layzie said he expected to be part of the run but...
It’s been 26 years since Slick Rick, one of the genre’s greatest storytellers, released his comeback LP The Art of Storytelling, following a jail sentence that more or less shelved the trajectory of his promising career during the...
Rapper Shyne has responded to Funkmaster Flex's recent on-air rant, dismissing the Hot 97 DJ's accusations about his authenticity and past with Bad Boy Records. Speaking on Math Hoffa's My Expert Opinion podcast, the former Bad Boy artist...
Kaseem Ryan, the critically acclaimed rapper and producer known professionally as Ka, died unexpectedly on Saturday in New York City. He was 52.
Music mogul Damon Dash has brought attention to a court motion filed by New York State that contradicts claims made by Jay-Z regarding ownership rights of the iconic album ‘Reasonable Doubt.’
A recently resurfaced interview with Everlast, frontman of House of Pain, has reignited discussions about the origins of Kris Kross's hit song "Jump."