XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Feb. 11, 1997: Legendary Hot 97 radio personality Funkmaster Flex aka Funk Flex took the mixtape game to a new level by making mixtapes a ...

"I don't want to see a structued dip. Make it real liquid. Then hit, roll pop." "It's like you're pushing someone with your elbow,`Get away from me.'" Listening to Jene' Walker, Shawn Welling and Al ...

Funkmaster Flex reminisced on the beginnings of Hot 97 during his last 7 p.m. to midnight slot on Monday night. Funk has been with the venerated radio station since its inception in 1992, which is ...

A decade after their acclaimed album Tweet Tweet, Abraham Inc. return with Together We Stand, using their eclectic mix of klezmer, funk and hip hop to show that different religions, ages, sexes and ...

Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...

Because musical artists are revered as celebrities, it can be easy to forget that they’re some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. Not only are they selling themselves to millions of ...

Lots of funk and soul happening this week. Cimafunk taps George Clinton to feature on a new track, Lucky Daye is on a reimagined EWF song and more. Dr. Funkenstein is in, y’all, and he’s pulled out ...

Hip-hop is 50 years old, and over the last few decades the genre's created a long list of icons who've changed the face of music. It started in the Bronx, in New York, in August 1973, when funk and ...

Funk Fest returns to Louisville's Waterfront Park this month from June 21-22. The annual hip hop and R&B festival will feature Jeezy, Boosie, Charlie Wilson, Scarface, Too Short, Marsha Ambrosius, ...

For nearly two decades, Akim Funk Buddha has been pushing the boundaries of hip-hop, while also preserving the fundamentals of the old school. On Nov. 28 and 29, the artist will bring this old-school, ...

Music historians agree that the birth of hip-hop culture happened on 11 August 1973 in an apartment in the Bronx, a New York City borough. Since then, the movement has gone through five decades of ...