In partnership with the National Basketball Retired Players Association and The Finn Group, the Okayplayer Lounge pop-up is bridging music, basketball, art and legacy. Finally, in January of this year ...

In case you missed the memo, De La Soul's 1996 classic Stakes Is High is enjoying its 20th year of screwing up heads and faces in the hip-hop world. Unthinkable, I know, especially as the buzz around ...

(WVUE) - A lawsuit against Beyoncé and Sony Music over samples in her song “Break My Soul” has been dropped less than three months after it was filed, according to Billboard. The case involved Da ...

Before De La Soul, says Hank Shocklee, “‘beautiful’ and ‘rap’ weren’t two words that went together.” Shocklee would know: As a founding member of Public Enemy’s production team, the Bomb Squad, he’s ...

Complex says: RZA was in the prime of his production career in 1996 as he laced Ghostface's debut album with '70s soul samples galore. RZA built beats around not just Green, but also acts like Sam ...