In August 1973, the Jamaican-born Clive “DJ Kool Herc” Campbell held his first block party in the Bronx, bringing the Jamaican sound system culture to America and inadvertently providing the first ...

I’m a little bias in this opinion, but growing up in the ’80s was the best time ever. So much happened in the ’80s in terms of culture, pop culture, and entertainment. It was in the ’80s where hip-hop ...

Hip-hop hero ?uestlove, aka Ahmir Thompson, aka the bandleader and drummer behind The Roots, is the kind of musician who just runs with things. Throw out a question or a riff and he rolls with it, ...

Iconic ‘80s Rap Legend Just Dropped the Sweetest Taylor Swift Story Ever originally appeared on Parade. Flava Flav just delivered the kind of unexpected crossover story that proves music truly has no ...

“Rip to the greatest hip hop producer of all times…. Larry Smith. Produced my biggest and most significant hits.” – Rev Run He was a musician. Even today, you have beat makers and producers who are ...

Part of post-'Encore' Eminem's charm is how outdated his pop culture references are. There's probably no rappers -- or musicians from any genre --who could namedrop Kevin Federline on the hook of a ...

The iced-out money mongering that ushered a new school of rap into vogue around the turn of this century has had an adverse effect on the tried-and-true taxonomy -- two MCs and one DJ -- that reigned ...

Tim Schafer -- and by extension Double Fine-- has a knack for injecting whimsy and playfulness into just about everything they do. So what better way to celebrate the impending Steam Early Access ...

The hip-hop community has lost another pioneering emcee in the rap game. Rapper Chuck Freeze, of the 1980s rap group Jazzy 5 (or Jazzy Five), has passed away at the age of 54. According to The New ...