DJ Premier is one of the most - if not the most - acclaimed hip-hop producers of all time, having worked with a host of iconic artists that includes Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mos Def, Nas, D’Angelo and many ...

DJ Premier addresses fan reactions to his new collaborative album with Nas, highlighting its dedication to old-school hip hop ...

DJ Premier‘s studio has the look of old Hollywood despite being in Astoria, Queens. The building, at Kaufman Astoria Studios, has arches and an archaic look that feels plucked out of the Fifties ...

DJ Premier, one of hip hop’s greatest and most influential guiding hands, is staying busier than a bee with a pollen monopoly. The Houston-born, Brooklyn-raised producer and DJ has a number of irons ...

If DJ Premier had to sum up the past 50 years of progress in hip-hop in just a word, that word would be “longevity.” It’s apt; in the immortal words of the late, great Biggie Smalls, “you never ...

For several decades now, no single act has served as a mark of approval in hip-hop like doing a song with DJ Premier. Jay Z, Nas, Biggie, M.O.P., Fat Joe, Big L, Yasiin Bey, Common—hell, even Xtina ...

Years” isn’t about chasing their younger selves—it’s about showing that hip-hop’s elders can still create, contribute, and ...

The track is a potent, laid-back ode to all things West Coast, centered around a classic Preemo scratch sample — “Welcome to California… life is a bitch out here.” Over a beat that blends classic boom ...

DJ Premier tapped Remy Ma and Rhapsody to appear in the first installment of Mass Appeal’s Hip Hop 50: The Soundtrack Series. DJ Premier announced that the video for “Remy Rap” featuring the two ...

When a DJ Green Lantern project drops, it still feels like an event. Not because the music industry demands it, not because an algorithm forces it, but because certain names carry a weight that cuts ...

Five years after his untimely passing at age 42, Prodigy‘s voice still echoes loud. As a solo artist and as half of the iconic Queens rap duo Mobb Deep opposite Havoc, his contributions to the hip-hop ...