Akai just announced the MPC XL standalone studio. This unit is around four times as powerful as previous MPC grooveboxes.

Maverick Nigerian singer Seun Kuti has claimed that his late father, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, was also a ...

Damien Matthias shaped rap’s earliest victories through vision trust and presence leaving a cultural imprint that still echoes far beyond the spotlight.

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

In do-or-die Bedford-Stuy back in the 1980s, nobody cared, necessarily, if you were a bright Black kid with all the potential ...

Maverick singer, Seun Kuti, has claimed that his father Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the late Afrobeat pioneer, also pioneered rap ...

A federal judge agreed with Universal Music Group that the hip-hop act never owned the copyrights to its earliest work.

Hirst had other irons in the fire as early as 1991 when he formed Ghostwriters with Rick Grossman. Perhaps the band’s name ...

Sampling is becoming increasingly popular in modern day music. If you aren't familiar with the practice, artists take existing songs and "sample" a portion of the original recording. It can be very ...

Rick Wershe Jr.'s story is the stuff of Detroit legend - and for the first time, he told FOX 2 it will be told in its ...

It’s the mid-1980s, and you want to help feed the hungry in Africa, Chicagoland or wherever need exists in the world.