Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the chronicles of Hip Hop, the tale of the DJs who formed the genre's foundation is a significant but frequently ignored ...

DJ Unk, whose real name was Anthony Platt, has sadly passed away, as confirmed by a heartfelt social media post from his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt. Reports indicate that he was either 42 or 43 years ...

Anthony Leonard Platt, also known as DJ Unk, passed away on Jan. 24. DJ Unk rose to fame in the mid-2000s with his breakout hit 'Walk It Out,' which reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. His ...

Hip-hop music is deeply rooted in four central cultural elements, according to Encyclopædia Britannica: rapping, deejaying, break dancing, and graffiti ...

In this video I am sitting in my car in an all black outfit, blasting 2000s hip hop and fully convincing myself I could take ...

The 2000s were already unusual as far as some of the music goes. But here we’re just scratching the surface of totally wack hip-hop crossover albums. The following three albums merged rap and hip-hop ...

CUYAHOGA FALL, Ohio - The tour’s title is a query, “Where The Party At?” The answer on a balmy Tuesday evening was Blossom Music Center, as a quartet of turn-of-the-century hip-hop stars Nelly, Eve, ...

Nelly has sparked a debate after crediting the years from 1999 to 2010 as the "hardest era" of hip-hop music. Nelly has sparked a debate after crediting the years from 1999 to 2010 as the “hardest era ...

Fatman Scoop may have been called Hip Hop’s ultimate hype man, but the title almost sells him short. He didn’t just hype records. He made records feel bigger. The Source remembers Isaac “Fatman Scoop” ...