There’s a raw energy in the air—a palpable, jittery anticipation as the old guard of hip-hop production gets tossed aside by the relentless force of technological innovation and cultural upheaval.

Hip-hop is no longer solely youth culture; it’s just culture, with cross-generational scenes full of artists intent on capturing their era’s zeitgeist. But Raekwon The Chef’s latest solo album, The ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, best known by his stage name, Nas, is widely regarded as ...

You might say it was Drake, DJ Premier, or Ice Cube. But the real idea of a beat flip starts with the DJ. In the early days of hip-hop—when DJing was the center of the action and park jams at rec ...

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Award-winning rapper Eminem rose to fame at the turn of the millennium with his hit songs and raw rap talent, earning him accolades from the Grammys to the Oscars. But it was a long road to the top, ...

Nas revealed plans for a Broadway adaptation of the 1984 Hip-Hop classic “Beat Street” at the Tribeca Film Festival’s 40th-anniversary screening. Nas has announced the classic 1984 Hip-Hop film Beat ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Jan. 2, 2020: Three years ago, on this day, Westside Gunn kicked off the new year with a mixtape he had previously stashed in his vault. The ...