Jacob Katel

Derrick N. Ashong was living in Qatar when he first heard N.W.A. say, "Fuck tha police!" The political nature of gangsta rap set a fire in him that has yet to be put out. For the Ghana-born, Flatbush-raised MC, TV host, and band leader, hip-hop of...

"Suky" is a song, a dance, and a worldwide phenomenon by Miami's own Tomas Diaz.  The international singing sensation went from jail in Cuba for playing dangerous music to backing Bruce Springsteen, touring with Phish, co-founding Spam Allsta...

Liberty City's Pork ’n' Beans Projects are a historic landmark in the worlds of street life, music, and entertainment. But for Project Stacks they're also a home to be proud of. The rapper, known for his My Block mixtape series, can be found hosti...

George Clinton is one of the God particles of hip-hop. Like James Brown before him, his crucial contributions to the world of funk form the basis of rap as we know it. Not just the samples, the breaks, the ripoffs, and the re-writes, but the class...

Ever since joining Major Lazer, Walshy Fire has been circling the globe, dropping bass, and inciting international party crowds into wild, explosive, and twerkelated versions of themselves. It's the logical progression for a Jamaican kid from Caro...

George Clinton has fought so many lawyers, he can smoke a spliff rolled in a Habeas Corpus and still know every word printed on it. For decades he has fought for legal and monetary justice over song copyrights he says were fraudulently signed out ...