The Roc Boys reunite. Over a decade after their hit "Roc the Mic," Freeway and Beanie Siegel join forces again on a new track by Bronx, N.Y.-bred rapper Daytona.
After years of toiling away in the underground rap scene, Daytona (formerly The Kid Daytona) has inked a deal with producer Harry Fraud on his newly-launched indie label Surf School Recordings (SRFSCHL).
A hotbed of buzzing talent, the CMJ Music Marathon kicks into high gear this week in New York City. From Oct. 15 to Oct. 19, hundreds of breakout artists and veteran performers will be performing for lucky CMJ badge holders and other concert-goers at venues throughout the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. With so many acts performing, it can be difficult to figure out who's a must-see and who's
It's hard to imagine what hip-hop would be were it not for Biggie Smalls. No one could have predicted that a kid from Brooklyn, who labeled himself "Notorious," would go on to change the very fabric of the culture, only to be taken down before his time...
As pop music continues to welcome tattooed and earlobe-stretched rappers and rock-influenced soul singers of all ages and backgrounds into its moneyed ranks, the criteria used to predict artists' viability has also shifted and changed, supplanting prior indicators like street visibility and mixtape buzz with Facebook "likes" and Twitter follower counts...
LRG co-founder Jonas Bevacqua was found dead in his Laguna Beach, Calif. home on Tuesday (May 31), and news of his sudden death sent shock waves through the hip-hop community.
The 33-year-old, who founded the popular Lifted Research Group clothing brand in 1999, along with CEO Robert Wright, died suddenly in his sleep on Monday...