“De La Calle,” a new docuseries on Paramount+, explores the depth and evolution of Latin music on a global scale. The series also examines the connection between Latinx people and hip-hop. Nick Barili ...

Last year, Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti" became the first non-English language album to top the Billboard 200. The Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaetonero also became the most streamed artist on ...

Sampling originated from DJ Kool Herc's Merry-Go-Round technique. Over time, the technique evolved and has created hip-hop songs with ties that go back decades. The legal battles with clearing samples ...

On Saturday, July 20, 2024, Pitchfork Music Festival launched its second day of festivities. Among all the great artists who were on the bill, the most anticipated easily had to be the rap group De La ...

It’s official: This Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the genre we now know as hip-hop. According to its lore, hip-hop was birthed from an epic house party in the Bronx, dated Aug. 11, 1973. As ...

De La Soul transforms loss into purpose with a Feb 19 health summit at Morehouse, backed by a cancer research company focused on Black wellness.

When Marcus J. Moore was growing up in the late 1980s, he heard a piece of music that made him feel less alone. It was De La Soul's landmark debut album, "3 Feet High And Rising." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, ...

There's something fitting about the music of De La Soul finally hitting streaming platforms the year of hip-hop's 50th anniversary. The early De La albums were foundational to the genre during its ...

“The Message” is often credited with stretching what hip-hop could be — not just party music but also social commentary. Big Daddy Kane, Daddy-O of Stetsasonic and longtime hip-hop promoter Charlie ...

In 1991, only one album into its career, De La Soul tried to pull off an unusually audacious move. The hip-hop trio’s 1989 debut, 3 Feet High and Rising, was a dense but accessible bricolage of ...