Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion ...

Long before the home studio became an industry norm, Stone, who died on June 9, 2025, turned the studio into both a sanctuary and an instrument. And long before sampling defined the sound of hip-hop, ...

With his diverse band and a jaw-dropping list of musical inspirations, Family Stone frontman changed the face of modern music ...

French AI start-up Olyzon (pronounced “all eyes on” – more on that in a bit) announced $5 million in additional seed funding ...

Ananda Lewis, a former MTV VJ who connected a generation of music fans to their favorite celebrities on the music network, ...

Antonio Straughter struck out six batters in seven innings while also going 2-for-3 with two RBI and three steals, powering ...

Seemingly out of nowhere, 50 Cent then first his first official shots at Diddy. Embedded within his G-Unit Radio 22 Hip Hop Is Dead Verse Two tape was the song “Hip Hop,” quoting Dead Prez’s 2000 hit, ...

As pop stars race to capture the much-coveted “Song of the Summer” title, it is worth remembering a few summer hits from the ...

Sly Stone, the legendary Sixties and Seventies funk singer, songwriter and producer of the band, Sly and the Family Stone, ...

Sly Stone, an electrifying musician, songwriter and showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the ...

It's hard to imagine John Lennon as anything other than John Lennon, but I put it that in another life, he would have been a rapper.

Cash Money joints and Tha Carter III leaks to irresistible beat-jacks, we went through over a thousand Lil Wayne songs—these ...