Antwan Patton, one half of the hip hop duo Outkast, has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The announcement ...

Whenever it is announced that a rap artist is performing with a symphony orchestra – whether its Wu Tang, Nas or St. Louis’ own Nelly – a line from Notorious B.I.G.’s breakthrough hit “Juicy” comes to ...

For a Black kid from the South, Outkast changed everything about how I viewed hip-hop and music and informed my musical growth.

Marsalis has been the president of the 56-year-old Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation since 2018. He received the ...

Nearly four decades later, Back in Black stands as a reminder of Whodini’s influence on Hip Hop’s development in the 1980s — a blueprint of cool, consciousness, and crossover appeal that left an ...

As a 12-year-old aspiring rapper, MaceyOMaze heard Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs "I Got To Have It." A decade later, the MC has gone from admirer to collaborator on a new LP.

On this day (April 28) in 1994, Warren G released “Regulate” as his debut single. It quickly became one of the most ...

Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on “syncopated bass lines and steady, infectious drum grooves,” according to one ...

Explore the rise of 15 legendary 1990s hip-hop icons who reshaped American music with groundbreaking sound and unstoppable ...

And yet somehow it still does. Elements of funk music persist in hip-hop, contemporary jazz and in school marching bands. “Uptown Funk,” the 2014 hit by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, is a ...