Category : Music

Interview: DJ-producer Yohji Igarashi weaves new wave of Japanese hip-hop, club music

Music producer and DJ Yohji Igarashi is seen in a photo provided by the artist. TOKYO — From humble beginnings spinning wax as a DJ at a high school festival, Yohji Igarashi now produces songs for many nascent stars in Japan’...

Quebec City historian showcases province’s hip-hop scene in local exhibit

Aly Ndiaye’s relationship with hip hop has been 30 years in the making. A self-proclaimed bookworm, he’s known by the stage name Webster, and has long aimed to shed a light on the lesser-known parts of Quebec history. Known in recent years for his...

Royal grocer Fortnum & Mason in furious row with graffiti artist

By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 17:02 EST, 23 February 2024 | Updated: 17:25 EST, 23 February 2024 Here’s a first: the King’s grocer, Fortnum & Mason, is embroiled in a furious row with a graffiti artist. J...

Young Rapper-Approved Fashion Collaborations

The collaboration between boohooMAN and DD Osama marks the online retailer’s debut collaboration with the 17-year-old rapper. DD Oasma is known for his hard-hitting sounds and global influence within the music industry. The collaboration with...

Trio of abandoned Los Angeles skyscrapers covered in graffiti

A trio of incomplete skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles have been covered with graffiti, sparking debate about the development, which has been abandoned since 2019. Graffiti artists began covering the Oceanwide Plaza development with tags in late Ja...

Mystery of Lancaster University’s answer to Banksy

Friday, 23 February 2024 18:45 By Greg Lambert @greglam72...

Did Joe Budden Or Ja Rule Have The Better “It Up” Song? Fans Debate

Joe Budden and Ja Rule were two big figures in 2000s East Coast hip-hop, and they really represent the era in hindsight. Of course, the latter was certainly more commercially successful than the former, but they still inhabit rap culture today as em...

Spotify Releases Most Influential Hip-Hop/R&B Playlist

A Tower of Graffiti Takes Center Stage In Downtown LA

A month ago, a trio of abandoned buildings in downtown Los Angeles transformed into a canvas for graffiti art seemingly overnight. In the last few weeks, the luxury apartment high rises across the street from the Crypto.com Arena and LA Live have b...

Eminem Still Uses A BlackBerry, DJ Whoo Kid Reveals

Eminem is still holding onto the past by continuing to use a BlackBerry phone, which was abandoned by its manufacturer two years ago. DJ Whoo Kid took to Instagram on Thursday (February 22) to share a photo of himself chopping it up with Slim Shady a...