“The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes,” rapped Nas on his 1994 classic “N.Y. State of Mind.” Like other underground genres that hit their stride in the ...

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In the chronicles of Hip Hop, the tale of the DJs who formed the genre’s foundation is a significant but frequently ignored episode. More than just record players, they were the masterminds behind a ...

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We call him the Evil Genius for a reason. Green helped define the early 2000s — an architect of the mixtape golden age who ...

Hop’s pioneers through philanthropy or sharpening his pen in the booth, Nas remains one of the culture’s most vital figures in 2025 ...

The past two decades of hip-hop music have been well-documented, thanks to social media and streaming platforms. Today, anyone with internet access can essentially tap into a database of their ...

It’s no secret that there are a lot of hip-hop documentaries. As the first genre to really break in an era where it could be widely documented in real time by camcorders, tape recorders, and ...

National DJ Day is commemorated on Jan. 20 every year to celebrate the work of amateur and professional disk jockeys. A 1941 Variety Magazine first published the term disc jockey, which famous radio ...

For the latest sounds in hip-hop, don't bother with the radio. Turn off your computer, too. The good stuff lives and breathes on mixtapes, unlicensed CD compilations crammed with unofficial remixes, ...

Hip-hop star Keith Grayson — the East Harlem graffiti tagger, radio disc jockey, mixtape master, MC battle referee and recording artist better known as DJ Kay Slay — died Sunday, due to complications ...

Pioneering hip hop artist DJ Kay Slay, who worked with top stars throughout his career, has died following a battle with COVID-19. He was 55. The HOT 97 host, whose real name is Keith Grayson, died on ...