Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 52-year-old rapper Common performs on Sept. 11, 2024, in Atlanta. Paras Griffin/Getty Images It’s always awkward telling people ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. popmaster-fabel-opener - Credit: Photograph by Roy Baizan There are several ways to soundtrack a journey back from hell. On a ...
"If you don't like it, don't listen to it," the producer said in a new episode of Kevin Hart's talkshow 'Hart to Heart' Peacock Dr. Dre has a message for people hating on young rappers: don’t. In a ...
A nostalgic crowd turned out to see an all-star lineup on Friday at Yankee Stadium, not far from the genre’s birthplace. Outside Yankee Stadium, where “Hip Hop 50 Live,” a 50th-anniversary concert, ...
The legendary producer broke down how streaming, aging artists, and multi-generational audiences have reshaped hip-hop while ...
When 63-year-old hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow brings “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” to Providence Dec. 7, he’ll also be celebrating his 36th birthday. On Dec. 7, 2020, he woke up after a heart transplant. “I ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Kurtis Blow’s return for the 10 th annual production of “The Hip-Hop Nutcracker” is not just a holiday treat; it’s a holiday miracle. The 63-year-old hip-hop pioneer had a heart transplant in 2020. “I ...
Hip-hop turns 50 years old this year, and in the 1990s it existed as the voice generation fighting for social change. Toward the end of the decade, organizers in New York and beyond started organizing ...
“The Message” is often credited with stretching what hip-hop could be — not just party music but also social commentary. Big Daddy Kane, Daddy-O of Stetsasonic and longtime hip-hop promoter Charlie ...
For Anthony Morales, the beauty of music is its ability to capture a memory. The photographic power of a song often transports Morales back to spaces and moments long lost to the flow of time, and he ...