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Most music executives and CEOs prefer to shun the spotlight and would have their presence felt. However, there is a shortlist ...
Chreece will feature more than 70 artists, DJs and producers across a cluster of Fountain Square stages Aug. 23.
Jimmie Allen honored Jay-Z with a Hip-Hop-inspired country track while previewing his next tour and celebrating his musical roots.
Kehlani achieves her first top 10 hit on Billboard ’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Folded” rallies 14-9 on the list dated Aug. 16. The track surges after the release of its “ (un)Folded” ...
Hundreds of hip-hop songs deserve recognition for their meaning and their beats. But for now, in random order, are 50 essential hip-hop tracks to celebrate five decades of groundbreaking music.
Sens. Chuck Schumer and Bill Cassidy introduced legislation that will expand the celebration of Hip-Hop into August and ...
Open Streets Cedar Fest celebrates hip-hop, Afrobeat and more; Nur-D headlines On the One Music Festival; dance groups ...
As music critic Nelson George wrote, the song was a springboard, "heralding the 808 as the foundation of hip-hop's future and Run-D.M.C. as the genre's new kings." ...
"It’s less about them being no longer and more about our team having to reimagine them for this changing media landscape that ...
Mixing hip-hop and house music, lifting liberally from James Brown background singer Lyn Collins’ 1971 song “Think About It,” Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock’s 1988 smash was also an ode to ...
This summer marks a vital anniversary in the history of American music. Fifty years ago, on Aug. 11, 1973, a Jamaican-born DJ named Kool Herc helped his sister throw a back-to-school party in the ...