As the legendary DJ Premiere once said, “Hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different. And to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not do what everybody else does.” Rap music ...

In the mid-1980s, Ron G. became the master of the blend tape. By putting together R&B and hip-hop instrumentals, he and a DJ named Hot Day (whose "Hot Day Master Mix" married New Edition to Public ...

I’m typing names into TypeDrummer, a website-based midi sequencer by Kyle Stetz that turns the characters you type into beat. It lets you make music just by typing words and letters. At first, I ...

Ab-Soul is the latest rapper to share some of his feelings on the new wave of rap artists, calling them “weak” in a tweet on September 7. Ab-Soul is nowhere near an old head (he is only 29), but his ...

When 22-year-old rapper Lilbootycall picks up the phone, he talks with none of the anxiousness or irritability one might expect from an artist whose life has completely changed over the past year. The ...