In an issue that will feature LeBron James and Dr. Dre on the cover, ESPN The Magazine’s “The Music Issue” will celebrate the marriage between pro athletes and musicians.
A decade after his death, an alleged suspect has been implicated in the shooting death of Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell. Curtis Scoon was named by the New York Daily News as ordering a hit out on the legendary rap figure to settle a decade-long drug debt.
Jay-Z’s inaugural Made In America festival is going down this weekend. Sponsored by Budweiser, Jay-Z’s first foray into musical festivals will bring together musicians of all genres ranging from Odd Future, Run DMC, Drake and Maybach Music Group to Pearl Jam, Skrillex, The Dirty Projectors and Santigold. If you’ve ever been to a festival similar to this […]
Hip-Hop and dope sneakers have a relationship that goes back as far as the inception of the culture itself. Since the fly and flashy era of the ‘80s rappers have made it a point to be seen sporting nothing less than the latest in urban footwear. Some even paid homage to their latest foot fetish […]
Now this is going to be a treat. Jay-Z has added Drake, Chris Cornell, Jill Scott, and the reunion of Run-DMC to his Made In America Festival in September. Without looking too much into this, it must be a little bit odd that Drake is going to perform at Jay-Z’s festival only days after he’s been rumored […]
Run-DMC is arguably Hip-Hop’s most legendary group, and its surviving members are getting back together for a reunion concert after ten years apart from each other. Shortly after the passing of their DJ Jam Master Jay, the group formerly disbanded. “We can’t perform anymore. Nobody wants to see Run-DMC without Jay,” Run said in 2002 […]
Rev. Run is a master of the turntables, and this exclusive clip from Ice T’s The Art of Rap Documentary, the Run DMC front man broke down the meaning of “pause tapes.” According to the Rev, he’d record bits and pieces from different songs off the radio, and put them together to make one complete record. […]
Timbaland and Missy Elliott reunited at the Hennessy Wild Rabbit campaign launch at New York City’s Highline Stages on Thursday (April 5), where they debuted new music for fans. The duo, who once ruled the music charts, have gone their separate ways in the last few years, and there is obviously no bad blood between […]
Being first doesn’t always amount to being the best. However, in most instances, it puts you in the record books all the same. Throughout the course of Hip-Hop’s existence there have been a number of acts to come along and put their stamp on the game by setting game-changing precedents yet to be established by […]
Known as DJ Scratch, he has announced that he will change his alias to DJ Jam Master Scratch, with the support of DMC from Run-DMC. It only seems right that one member be able to pass the title as it was 1988 when Run-DMC helped Scratch get his first step into the music business as […]
