Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is releasing another book. The Roots drummer and acclaimed director will issue Hip-Hop Is History on June 11 via his own Auwa Books. See the book’s cover, designed by Reed Barrow, below. Questlove wrote Hip-Hop Is History with Ben Greenman—the musician’s collaborator on 2016’s Something to Food About: Exploring Creativity With Innovative … Read more
rapper Lil Wayneor will be performing at the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis along with several artists. Reportedly, Wayne’s concert will be a part of the NBA Crossover multi-day event which will take place at the Bicentennial Unity Plaza in Indianapolis. The NBA Crossover event will take place from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18 … Read more
The best 90s songs reveal a simple fact: The decade was a Golden Age for many types of music. Rap and R&B dominated the charts, bringing Black American culture around the world thanks to the prevalence of MTV. Alternative music saw a number of genres proliferate outwards from it in the 90s, like indie rock … Read more
A Grammy Salute To Hip-Hop – Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy The Recording Academy teamed up with CBS for A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop, which aired Sunday night and is now available to stream on Paramount+. The special, filmed at Inglewood’s YouTube Theater on November 8, featured Queen Latifah, … Read more
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I know, I know, my headline is a lot — but it’s true! “Wait, is that Intel?” asked my wife the moment the conference call hold music began playing over my speakers. Mission accomplished, I presume! Also… it’s kind of catchy? Intel corp comms director William Moss confirms this is the first time the company’s … Read more
Mark Howard James, the beat maker best known as the 45 King, has died, James’ manager, Paul Martinez, confirmed to Pitchfork. The Bronx native started producing in the mid-1980s as hip-hop seemed to pour out of every stereo in New York’s five boroughs. After breaking out with his work for Queen Latifah in the late … Read more
A number of hip-hop luminaries took the stage on the 2023 MTV VMAs this yr to have a good time the fiftieth anniversary of the style with a decade-spanning efficiency. Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5, Doug E. Contemporary, LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne all got here collectively to … Read more
This story is a part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Until Infinity collection, a celebration of the style’s fiftieth anniversary. Entering into Afrofuturism “There couldn’t be hip-hop with out know-how,” Bobcat Goldwav instructed Gizmodo through cellphone final week. Goldwav is a Baltimore-based hip-hop producer with 15 years of expertise working within the style who has … Read more
Jadakiss, Ashanti and Ja Rule – Photograph: John Lamparski/Getty Pictures for Empire State Realty Belief Common Music Group (UMG) lately introduced an unique program of exercise for followers to rejoice Hip-Hop’s fiftieth Anniversary, starting yesterday (August 10) with the particular lighting of New York’s iconic Empire State Constructing in gold. The occasion preceded a celebration … Read more
Hip-Hop Is Historical past, Questlove’s forthcoming ebook, can be launched in 2024 and can have fun the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop. Store the very best of The Roots’ discography on vinyl and extra. In an interview with Selection in regards to the new ebook, he stated he’s writing and releasing the ebook (through his personal … Read more