He was a magazine ad salesman when he and a colleague, Robert Ford, teamed with Kurtis Blow and helped break rap music into ...

If Frank Sinatra produced hip-hop songs, Qknox, one-third of the beat-making/production team GirlGrabbers, would be his direct offspring. Classy, charming, debonair ...

Widely respected by local hip-hoppers like Whygee and Brikabrak, who've been lauding their talents the longest, the two consistently bring the heat out of their backpacks, both as producers and ...

Ghana's music industry underwent a significant transformation in the early 2000s, with the rise of hiplife even before the ...

Saba and No ID are two legends of Chicago hip-hop, from two different generations. Saba is the cerebral rap poet who made his ...

The album’s title track, “Poison”, became an instant classic, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and dominating clubs and airwaves with its infectious hook and booming production. The track’s ...

Sampling has become one of the most influential strategies in modern music production, shaping genres from hip-hop to electronic sounds. It involves repurposing snippets of existing recordings ...

Roy Ayers was a beloved sample source who made it a point to collaborate with rappers as the genre rose to prominence ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the ...

Sony's RCA Records partners with Iris Chengdu to release five albums from Chinese hip-hop artists including Vinida Weng and ...