On January 3, 2023, De La Soul announced that that their back catalog will be available to fans on all… Read More
Read all the nitty gritty behind 50 Cent's classic opus, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. In some ways New York… Read More
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Gary Harris is a Record Man and a&r who has been shaping the sound of black radio since the early… Read More
With his Kangol hat, black sunglasses, long dreadlocks, and inimitable swagger, Ice T was immortalized as maverick Detective Scotty Appleton… Read More
Ben Kane returns this week with the final installment of his Time Traveller series, turning the lens to Black Messiah's most politically-charged… Read More
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Just now, Black Messiah producer and engineer Ben Kane unveiled a Kickstarter campaign to bring the fruits of a decade-plus of grueling dedication… Read More
Afrika Bambaataa at a benefit for funk legend Bernie Worrell in a rare DJ appearance [photo by Kenneth St. George… Read More
Dizzee Rascal tells the story of the LP that put UK Grime on the map. Tonight in New York City… Read More
Photo by Emilio Grossi, via the HBO documentary Mr. Dynamite James Brown is undoubtedly a Herculean figure within the mythos of both… Read More