DJ Screw’s Sound Shaped Hip-Hop Hits In The Digital Era. Now, His Music Is Finally Heading To DSPs

DJ Screw’s impact on Hip-Hop is larger than a longhorn grazing in the Texas sun. Born Robert Earl Davis Jr., the Houston ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Rap group Earthgang unveils ‘a learning garden,’ mural at Young Middle School

Capturing an intimate portrait of Atlanta and its residents is a dominant theme throughout Earthgang’s music. The Atlanta rap duo creates songs that don’t just simply retell the city’s history but ...
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'It Takes Two' rapper Rob Base dead at 59 after cancer fight he kept hidden from friends

Rob Base, member of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, has died just days after his 59th birthday. A joint Instagram post was shared on Friday announcing that Base, whose real name is Robert Ginyard, died after ...
Variety

Rob Base, ‘It Takes Two’ Rapper, Dies at 59

Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, who was best known for the hit “It Takes Two,” has died. He was 59. The rapper, who celebrated his 59th birthday just four days ago, died on May 22 while ...
USA Today

'It Takes Two' rapper Rob Base dies at 59 following cancer battle

Rapper Rob Base, who was part of the hip-hop duo known for the 1988 hit "It Takes Two," died May 22 at age 59, according to a post on his official Instagram page. Base, born Robert Ginyard, died ...
Rolling Stone

Rob Base, ‘It Takes Two’ Rapper, Dead at 59

Rob Base, the rapper who was best known for the hit “It Takes Two,” died on Friday, May 22, after a battle with cancer. He was 59. News of his death was shared via his official Instagram account. “Rob ...
Billboard

‘Michael’ Becomes 2nd Music Biopic to Top $600 Million in Global Boxoffice Grosses: See the Full List

The films on this list cover a wide range of genres, including rap, classical, country, Latin and contemporary Christian. By Paul Grein The Michael Jackson biopic Michael has grossed $621.9 million ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

VH1’s ‘Love & Hip Hop’ franchise scrapped, including Atlanta spinoff

The once buzzworthy show made stars out of Karlie Redd, Lil Scrappy, K. Michelle, Stevie J and Joseline Hernandez. Created in 2012, “Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta,” a spinoff of “Love and Hip Hop,” ...
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Rappers Rule the Green Carpet at the 2026 Met Gala

The 2026 Met Gala is here. On the first Monday in May, celebrities from the fashion, music and entertainment worlds, including rappers wearing their flyest fits, hit the steps of the Metropolitan ...
Bloody Elbow

Arman Tsarukyan’s wrestling rival Georgio Poullas knocks out rapper Crip Mac in backyard fight

After two bouts against UFC star Arman Tsarukyan, Georgio Poullas had a much different kind of match on Friday. Poullas, a former Ohio High School Athletic Association champion and NCAA Division I ...
New York Post

NYC rapper finally hitting stride with new song is killed by stepson over weed: cops

A Brooklyn rapper with a popular new song was fatally shot by his stepson when he confronted the teen about smoking weed near the boy’s pregnant mom, police said Tuesday. Tristan Hightower, 16, ...