New Jersey’s DJ Juice, a hip-hop mixtape pioneer, has died. SiriusXM and LL Cool J’s Rock the Bells Radio reports that Juice, born Brian Short, was 54. Starting in the ’90s, the award-winning DJ was ...
“I was so excited. But he told me, ‘Rock is dead. It should be called the Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame.’ And I said, ‘Well, hip-hop is rock and roll.’ He goes, ‘No, it isn’t.’ And I ...
During a recent interview with Vulture, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame chairman John Sykes revealed that JAY-Z would rather have been inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame when his name was on the ballot.
Common and Rock have stood tall in the hip-hop community since they debuted in ... I feel like I accomplished a goal I had set in mind to mix into today's society with what I used to do in the ...
For the first time, hip-hop surpassed rock as the most popular genre in the US last year, according to Nielsen's year-end report. Eight of the top ten most popular artists came from the hip-hop/R ...
King Of Rock is historic in the sense that it was the first Hip Hop album to go platinum and ended up going double platinum. Singles like “King Of Rock” and “Rock It Like This” appeared in ...
Gary Davies takes you back to the best decade in music, with a diverse mix of classic pop, dance, rock, hip-hop and alternative pop. Each week, celebs and listeners choose their favourite 80s ...
A mix spanning decades fills the multigenre festival’s roster of more than 50 acts. Surviving members of the 1990s girl group TLC are on deck for Friday. They follow R&B/hip-hop artist T-Pain (a ...