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Marcus J. Moore broke down De La Soul's story and addressed their attack on his book: 'They were quite literally judging a book by its cover.' ...
Celebrating De La Soul’s Legacy Through ‘High And Rising’ In this new book, Marcus J. Moore paints an intimate portrait of the rap trio’s creative genius and their impact on Black culture.
De La Soul’s unexpected broadside against High and Rising drew plenty of online condemnation. “As critics and journalists, we are accustomed to seeing our work criticized and questioned.
Lamar Jackson paid homage to the iconic hip hop group De La Soul before Monday Night Football.
Described as "a stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched millions of lives and changed rap forever," the book touts itself as the first about the ...
Music journalist and author Marcus J. Moore‘s new book about De La Soul, High and Rising, came out this week via HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books. It’s Moore’s second book — he ...
Listen to more stories on the Noa app. 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 ...
De La Soul brought a necessary playfulness to hip-hop in 1989, but battles with the music industry dimmed that light. Marcus J. Moore tells their story in "High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul." ...
Hip Hop pioneers De La Soul will showcase their highly anticipated documentary, Chapter 3, beginning June 7 through June 14 on YouTube.
Staff writer Leah Stitzel recommends listening to De La Soul, a 1988 hip-hop and soul group who just released six albums on all streaming services last month.
Early this month, when hip hop legends De La Soul’s entire catalogue of albums finally made it to various streaming platforms, it was a landmark event. De La Soul, a trio from New York’s Long ...
At the beginning of this year, we got some truly great news: De La Soul’s catalog, which includes some of the greatest rap records in history, was finally coming to streaming services, getting ...