Nas to adapt classic hip-hop film ‘Beat Street’ into new Broadway musical
Nas is set to adapt the classic hip-hop film Beat Street into a new musical for Broadway, alongside the producer…
Drake doesn’t make hip-hop – he makes “shopping” music, says Yasiin Bey
Yasiin Bey has called Drake‘s work “shopping” music, arguing that it’s not hip-hop. Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, appeared…
Les McCann, Jazz Pioneer Sampled on Hip-Hop Classics, Dead at 88
Les McCann, a trailblazing pianist and singer known for fusing strains of jazz, funk, and R&B and pioneering soul jazz,…
Taylor Swift Dominated 2023, Hip-Hop Nosedived
Let’s get this out of the way: Taylor Swift dominated the year in music, and it wasn’t even close. Four-year-old…
L.A. Hip-Hop Trio Talks New Music, Child Stardom
When the trio known as grouptherapy. takes the stage at Toad’s Place in New Haven, Connecticut, the crowd is compact…
How Hip-Hop Took Over Podcasts, TV, and Everything Else
A chart mainstay and ferocious rhymer from the late-Nineties into the aughts, Queens rapper N.O.R.E. has since built a hugely…
Third Accuser Sues Hip-Hop Mogul for Sexual Assault
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with a third lawsuit alleging sexual assault under the Adult Survivors Act that expired…
Will Smith to Reunite With DJ Jazzy Jeff for Hip-Hop Tribute
Parents just don’t understand, and they haven’t been alone in trying to make sense of Will Smith’s angry assault on…
Tommy Hilfiger on His Magazine Collection, Working With SZA, and Bringing Hip-Hop to London
Last year, Tommy Hilfiger returned to New York Fashion Week in Brooklyn after a three-year hiatus — and hasn’t taken…
Public Enemy, Ice-T to Headline Free Hip-Hop 50 Show in Washington D.C.
Public Enemy and Ice-T will link up to headline a special, free concert in Washington D.C. celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary….