On this day in 1988, Boogie Down Productions dropped one of the best and most influential albums of all time. It was widely seen as one of, if not the first, politically conscious efforts in Hip Hop.

There's a moment about eight minutes into Dan's Boogie, the expansive 14th studio album by Destroyer, when Dan Bejar drops the niceties and gives into his Freudian id: "Women fill out, men crumble ...

Knowledge is power and in hip-hop, it reigns supreme. Many rappers have dropped informative gems in their rhymes, but few can match the lyrical teachings of KRS-One. A founding member of the rap ...

1987: A rap group from the South Bronx ended up changing the fabric of hip-hop with their debut album. KRS-One felt challenged by MC Shan's lyrics on his song "The Bridge," feeling that Shan was ...

Ms. Melodie, a key member of the Boogie Down Productions crew and ex-wife of KRS-One, died last night (July 17), according to multiple news outlets. She was 43. Born Ramona Parker, Ms. Melodie was ...

Hip-hop was going through significant change in 1986. The commercial success of artists like Run-DMC and the visibility of labels like Def Jam Recordings was turning the genre into a viable industry.

The lawsuit claims that "horn hits, melodic figures, and drum fills" produced by KRS-One and Scott La Rock on 1986 track were replicated on "Life of the Party" which was utilized on Ye's stem player ...

Almost two years after the lawsuit was filed, Kanye has reached a settlement on August 19, as per court documents obtained by Billboard. Attorneys from both sides agreed to dismissing Kanye from the ...

The case was one of many, many sampling lawsuits the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has faced over the course of his prolific career. By Bill Donahue Ye (formerly Kanye West) has reached a ...

On this day in 1988, Boogie Down Productions released one of the most influential and politically charged albums in Hip Hop history: By All Means Necessary. Widely regarded as a foundational project ...