Kurupt, whose real name is Ricardo Emmaneul Brown, was born in Philadelphia, but he made his name in the rap game on the West ...

Snoop Dogg is ready to go into the house. As previously reported, the rapper has teamed up with Eli Roth for his upcoming ...

Hip-hop legend Kurupt has been hospitalized for weeks due to suffering from unknown health issues. The 53-year-old music ...

In 1997, four film soundtracks hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200. These are the four soundtracks that hit No. 1 on that ...

It usually only takes an instant to recognize the sound Mary Halvorson gets out of her hollow-body guitar: percussive but pliable, with the odd subversive wobble. Her voice as a composer and ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

The drummer and jazz bandleader turns his seventh album into a party, including Snarky Puppy's Michael League, guitarist Charlie Hunter and... Nate Smith on his latest album, 'LIVE-ACTION' Nate ...

Nate Smith's energy is contagious. The drummer, producer and bandleader is holding court in the studio, joking with members of his group and eliciting smiles from engineers and producers. Smith is a ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...

When The Chronic dropped in 1992, it hit differently. Although it climbed to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and sold millions of copies, Dr. Dre's debut solo album also completely rewrote the rules of hip ...

South Bend, Indiana-born singer-songwriter October London might be the closest we’ve come to seeing the full aspiration of the original Death Row Records, founded in 1991 by The D.O.C., Dr. Dre, Suge ...