Ronnie Reese

London-born producer and DJ Rusko has plans for the dubstep genre. "I have a million stupid ideas... Some of them work, some of them don't. Like country and western dubstep. That shit was a bad idea." All kidding aside, he's hoping for big things in the wake of his solo debut 'O...

There was no bigger spokesperson for Detroit hip-hop than the late DeShaun Holton aka Proof. Tonight in Los Angeles, a benefit will be held in Holton's memory at the Highlands nightclub in Hollywood with some of the best in Motor City and L...

Street scholar and D-Block Records co-CEO Styles P is set to release his eleventh mixtape, 'The Ghost Dub-Dime,' on May 18. The first single, 'That Street Life,' is already available on iTunes and features Raleigh, North Carolina R&B singer and producer Tyler Woods. "I...

The Little Brother story took an interesting turn this weekend. With less than a month before the release of the group's final album, 'Leftback,' current MC Phonte and former producer 9th Wonder engaged in a somewhat terse discussion on Twitter regarding the inclusion of the song 'Star...

Roots drummer and music director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson has set the Internet ablaze-again-with a recent Twitlonger essay on why, to him, Beyonce is the new Michael Jackson. The topic originated in the wake of Jackson's June 2009 death when Quest, hip-hop journalist Dream Hampton and Fuse TV host Toure proclaimed that the new "Monarch of Pop" was none other than the former D

As we mark the 13th anniversary of the death of the Notorious B.I.G, one of the most influential rappers in hip-hop history, the Chicago Review Press announces the release of 'How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC.' Authored by Paul Edwards, with foreword from the legendary Kool G Rap, the book is a lesson in the art of rapping, taught by those who have done it best...

"It don't feel like home," says Jay Electronica as he walks through the post-Hurricane Katrina remains of New Orleans' Third Ward. "I know where I'm at, I know what I'm looking at, I know what's supposed to be here, but it don't feel like home...

"I'm so friggin' jealous of Little Brother," said Roots drummer and music director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson around the time of Little Brother's 2003 debut, 'The Listening.' "Hip-hop the way I love it -- tight beats and on point lyrics! I made 4,887,234 people listen to 'Whatever You Say' at gunpoint, and I don't even own a gun...

'Plastic Beach,' the third studio album from the Grammy Award-winning Gorillaz -- crowned the world's "Most Successful Virtual Band" by the Guinness Book of World Records -- drops next Tuesday, March 8 in the United States. Snoop Dogg, De La Soul, Mos Def, Little Dragon and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are among a host of guests enlisted in support of the animated Noodle, 2D, Russel, and

Reflection Eternal -- rapper Talib Kweli and producer Hi-Tek -- have pushed back the release of their sophomore album, 'Revolutions Per Minute.' The long-awaited follow-up to their 2000 debut, Train of Thought,' will now hit stores on April 20, two weeks after the original street date of April 6...