DJ Kool Herc Is Ready to Bring Hip-Hop Back to Its Roots With a Museum in Jamaica
If you’re familiar with the evolution of hip-hop, then you know Bronx legend Clive Campbell (better known as DJ Kool Herc, the genre's credited founding father) is integr
How JPMorgan Chase Became the Doomsday Bank
Bankers like numbers. Numbers tell the story. No emotion gets in the way. So let’s look at the numbers: Over the past three years — that is, in the years after the worl
Arizona Zervas Enlists Swae Lee For Smooth ‘Roxanne’ Remix: Listen
Arizona Zervas returns on Friday (Feb. 21) to deliver the official remix to his Billboard Hot 100 smash "Roxanne." Zervas calls on Swae Lee's signature fals
The Nostalgic Lovers & Friends Festival Is Still Happening — Barely
The U.S. festival landscape is wildly oversaturated, but Lovers & Friends, a new event announced this week by the major promotions company Goldenvoice, stands out. The lineup i
The Bloomberg Myth Explodes on Live TV
What a catastrophe Wednesday night was for . The New York plutocrat was kicked in the teeth by in the first minutes — she denounced him as a Trump-like “arrogant billio
Elizabeth Warren, on Fire in Nevada
“FINISH HIM!” read tweet after tweet after ’s opening verbal volley against , echoing the video-game edict from the fighting game Mortal Kombat that precedes a gr
Big Freedia, Kesha Spread the Love in 'Chasing Rainbows' Video
New Orleans bounce legend Big Freedia teamed up with Kesha this past October for “Raising Hell,” the lead single from the pop star’s latest album High Road. Now,
Neil Young Pens Open Letter to Donald Trump: 'You Are a Disgrace to My Country'
has never hidden his contempt for , but now that he’s officially an American citizen, he’s raising his voice even louder. “You are a disgrace to my country,”
The 1975 Take 'Digital Detox' in Animated 'Birthday Party' Video
visit a digital detox center in the animated video for “The Birthday Party.” The song will appear on their upcoming album Notes on a Conditional Form. For the 3D a
Watch Ozzy Osbourne Play 'What's in the Box?' With FaZe Clan
courageously plays a game of “What’s in the Box?” in a new video from esports group/YouTube stars FaZe Clan. In the episode, taped at the singer’s mansion,
Travis Scott Shares Snippet of Unreleased Pop Smoke Song After Rapper’s Death
Travis Scott chose to honor Pop Smoke's legacy after the rapper was killed at just 20 years old during a home invasion robbery in the Hollywood Hills earlier Wednesday m
Meet the Woo: 8 Songs to Remember Pop Smoke By
Quick-rising rapper Pop Smoke — born Bashar Jackson — was reportedly murdered in a home invasion at a Hollywood Hills residence early Wednesday (Feb. 19). The Brooklyn
Pop Smoke Was Special, And the World Was Just Beginning to Realize It
Pop Smoke’s rise didn’t take place overnight, but it happened quickly, and loudly, enough that the upper limit of his trajectory kept appearing higher and higher. Case
Nicki Minaj, Chance the Rapper and More React to Pop Smoke’s Unexpected Death: ‘Way Too Young’
The rapper was 20. Rising rapper Pop Smoke died Wednesday morning (Feb. 19). According to an initial TMZ story, the artist was reportedly shot and killed during a ho
Nicki Minaj Remembers Pop Smoke Following Tragic Death: ‘Unbelievable’
Pop Smoke was reportedly shot and killed in a home invasion in the Hollywood Hills early Wednesday morning (Feb. 19). Many in the hip-hop community, including Nicki Minaj
What Really Happened at Ohio University When Kaitlin Bennett Showed Up?
On Monday afternoon, University first-year Anya Bartek was in class when she found out that Kaitlin Bennett — a right-wing personality known as Kent State Gun Girl for posing
Rising Rapper Pop Smoke Shot Dead in L.A.
, the rising New York rapper whose gruff-voiced style made fans of stars like Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Wednesday. A representative for the LAP