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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still making money from his short-lived career as a multilingual rapper, tax filings ...

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Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker is one of the most well-respected musicians in the game. Although rock music is his bag, he gets just as much love from the hip-hop community. Most recently, Barker ...

Although a great soundtrack can elevate a film, bad theme songs can destroy its reputation, as is the case for these ten ...

Discover the essence of mixtapes, their evolution, and how they differ from albums, singles, and EPs in music.

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK. Three hours of ...

Afrika Bambaataa, a pioneer in hip-hop and electronic music in the 1970s and '80s, has died. Later in life, he was accused by ...

An Indian woman’s excellent dance performance, where she ended up mixing hip-hop with Indian classical dance moves, was ...

Afrika Bambaataa, a hip-hop pioneer, has died of prostate cancer in Pennsylvania at age 68, according to his lawyer.