Several months remain for Hip-Hop 50, the culture’s half-century anniversary. Although the event programming might’ve slowed, the musical tributes continue to roll in. For the icon DJ Premier, that ...

In celebration of today marking Hip Hop's 49th Birthday, DJ Premier releases the first music video for DJ Premier: Hip Hop 50 Volume 1 - out now via Mass Appeal. Featuring femcee icon and Bronx native ...

As a year full of hip-hop heavyweights linking up for chart-topping diss tracks, DJ Premier’s latest song “Ya Don’t Stop” proves there is still unity in the culture. Yesterday (July 25), in a ...

The track is a potent, laid-back ode to all things West Coast, centered around a classic Preemo scratch sample — “Welcome to California… life is a bitch out here.” Over a beat that blends classic boom ...

Billboard ranks every song off Nas & DJ Premier's highly anticipated collab album 'Light-Years' By Angel Diaz Those of us old enough to be alive in 1994 when Illmatic dropped have been waiting for Nas ...

It will serve as the first new Gang Starr material since 2019’s “One of the Best Yet.” DJ Premier is doing his best to ensure Guru’s legacy continues. On Friday (June 23), the veteran Hip-Hop producer ...

Hip-hop has always been driven by moments. Some moments define generations. Some reset the culture. And some return decades later with the same force they once carried. The announcement of Light-Years ...

The first music video from DJ Premier’s DJ Premier: Hip Hop 50 Volume 1 is currently available via Mass Appeal. The “Remy Rap” video, created by DJ Premier, features Grammy-nominated Rapsody and ...

Even though he originally hails from Houston, no name evokes images of classical New York City hip-hop quite like DJ Premier. So it's only right the iconic Gang Starr producer is the first signee of ...

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