Tupac Shakur was born in Harlem in 1971 to two members of the Black Panther Party. Taking the name MC New York when he first began rapping, Shakur spent a few o ...

Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody ...

By Angel Diaz Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, has a new album with The Alchemist on the ... discounted access to the full Forensics project for digital replay upon its official release.

Coming in at number 33, Kanye West’s song “Drunk and Hot Girls” featuring Mos Def makes an appearance. The song is from West’s 2007 album “Graduation,” which is largely considered a ...

Read full article: TRAFFIC ALERT ... Blige, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Mos Def and Ice Cube, has died. He was 84. The Ayers family said in a Facebook post that he died Tuesday in New York City ...

Kendrick Lamar and Mustard did this with the record “ Not Like Us, ” which is currently one of the most popular songs in the world. Curiously enough, throughout music history, most of the songs that ...

Sundance with a slate of film premieres (we’re still wondering about the rumored Another Simple Favor drama) and actually ...

Hip hop legends Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and The Alchemist recently presented a live streamed performance of FORENSICS on Bandcamp and a full album is set to follow. They said ...

in 1992, the man born Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn, has curated an immense discography of experimental, uplifting albums and a ... underground rap scene, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Common ...