“I feel like a lot of business owners talk about community, but I don’t think they even know what community is. It’s just the trend where they’re like, ‘We have to say this, because it’s going to make ...

Born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, New York, to Caribbean-born parents, Belafonte became a huge star in the 1950s. He helped popularise calypso music, even though he later performed in many ...

Despite how they’ve at times been ideologically pitted against one another, country music and hip-hop are often compared as the two forms of pop music that speak most directly to the everyday problems ...

There’s a raw energy in the air—a palpable, jittery anticipation as the old guard of hip-hop production gets tossed aside by the relentless force of technological innovation and cultural upheaval.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Dre, Mobb Deep and The Clipse take top 3 honors on Spotify’s list Spotify has released a list of what it considers to be the ...

Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop. After ...

Chinese rap music is becoming popular in the US as hip-hop music combines with Chinese content and culture. [Photo/GETTY ...

The producer Kenny Beats has noticed some strange phenomena at his shows over the past few years. For one, the crowds have gotten noticeably bigger, as have merch sales and streams. But most notably, ...

Music moves us. Music is a part of our culture and how we express ourselves, and it’s a powerful tonic for an overworked nervous system. Music therapy is a well-established practice in the ...

Crafting infectious hits that stay on repeat has evolved greatly in Hip-Hop’s 50 years of existence. Before we had drum machines, DJ Kool Herc unknowingly sparked a revolution while spinning records ...