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David 'Disco D' Shayman found dead in New York...

David 'Disco D' Shayman, an up and coming hip hop producer who
worked with 50 Cent on his 2005 album 'The Massacre', has been found...

The Mau5 teams up with Shotty Horroh...

Deadmau5's new album may only be just over a week away, but that's not going to stop the Canadian superstar from sharing some even fresher...

On the eve of their Miami gig for DJ Mag at the Surfcomber, the French G-house duo talk inspirational beats and rhymes...

“When I was young, I loved Notorious B.I.G, Mary J. Blige, R Kelly and A Tribe Called Quest,” says DANCE, one half of French...

His collective, Injury Reserve, released their debut album in 2019

Hip hop MC Jordan Groggs has died, aged 32.

Jordan Groggs, also known as Stepa J. Groggs, was a member of Arizona hip-hop trio, Injury...

With inventive production and animated lyrics in Spanish and English giving unique takes on violence and, of course, weed, Cypress Hill's 1991 debut introduced them...

Sen Dog hated driving all the way to Gardena. But as B-Real was buying the weed, Sen begrudgingly agreed to drive him home after every...

MC Duke, UK hip-hop and hardcore pioneer, dies

Goldie, Slipmatt, Chuck D and others have paid tribute to the late artist

Pioneering UK hip-hop and hardcore figure MC Duke, real name Kashif Adham, has died. News of his passing was confirmed this week by Suburban Base...

Keith LeBlanc, influential hip-hop and dub drummer, dies

LeBlanc had been a key member of Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound stable for a number of years, appearing as a guest musician on various projects

Influential hip-hop and dub drummer Keith LeBlanc has died. The news of his passing was confirmed by Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound label, with which LeBlanc...

Nine essential documentaries, focused on the classic '80s and '90s hip-hop that laid the foundation for rappers to build a world-conquering movement

Hip-hop has been with us for almost half a century. In that time it’s touched almost every aspect of society, influencing everything from fashion to...

‘Beat Bop’ has long been sought after as the “holy grail” of hip-hop vinyl

A legendary hip-hop record has sold for $126k at auction.

In a recent auction at Sotheby's, ‘Beat Bop’, a record which has long been sought after...

Across South-East Asia, a new generation of rappers is emerging. Drawing on the explosion of US trap and contemporary hip-hop sonics, and creating new flows...

Indonesian rapper and producer Ramengvrl makes trap music with a twist. Her skeletal beats feel alive, somehow: squishing, chiming, and bouncing around, as her staccato...

Cheese exposed to rap gives it "a discernibly stronger smell and stronger, fruitier taste"...

Hip-hop helps maturing cheese taste richer, a study has found.

A Swiss experiment delightfully called Cheese in Surround Sound has found exposing cheese to music...

Cuts from Method Man, Cypress Hill and Raekwon...

The Martinez Brothers have shared a Spotify playlist of some of their favourite hip hop jams including cuts from Method Man, Cypress Hill and Raekwon...

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When the South Bronx dance-punk outfit ESG released their Martin Hannett-produced debut EP in 1981, they had no idea how pivotal their stripped-back, funk-fueled sound would be on the evolution of hip-hop and house music: ‘UFO’ has been sampled over 500 times; ‘Moody’ was a staple in Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage sets. Four decades later, ahead of their set at Melting Pot & Optimo’s Queen’s Park Spring Weekender, Daniel Dylan Wray tells their story

One day in 1979, a young Renee Scroggins imagined what it would be like if a UFO landed in the housing projects of the South...

'Yo! The Early Days Of Hip-Hop 1982-84' features over 300 pages of photographs charting the genre's rise

A new book, set to be published by Soul Jazz Books/Records, will explore the very earliest days of hip hop.

'Yo! The Early Days Of...

Dorothy Classic Hip Hop Stamp Collection

LPs from Gang Starr, Cypress Hill, BDP, Run D.M.C., Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill all feature

A new stamp card-style print has been released paying tribute to 40 hip-hop albums, tracing the genre back to its early-1980s roots and celebrating its...