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With the success of Hatchback behind him, Cochise surgs yet again with Tell Em featuring $NOT. Now he's a Billboard chart-climbing artist with a TikTok hit.

"It was in particular a time when musicians were able to afford to be here in the city, and there was a real openness to exploring outside of ones own traditional genres."

The Clash oversold their eight-night stand, so they ended up playing 17 shows.

“Hip hop is one of those things that really gave my life meaning,” LL Cool J, perhaps the greatest of them all, stated during the ceremony that included Nas, Lil Kim, Fat Joe, Grandmaster Flash, Slick Rick, EMPD, Naughty By Nature, and other superstars and trailblazers.

Nas, Fat Joe, and LL Cool J, among others, were in attendance. Published 13 hours ago Written by Paul Meara Hip Hop royalty gathered on Thursday (May 20) for the groundbreaking of a Universal Hip Hop Museum in the New York borough that birthed the culture. Icons like Nas, LL Cool J, Grandmaster Flash, Fat Joe, Slick Rick and more came together in New York’s Bronx and held shovels for the official ceremony celebrating the construction of the museum that was described by Bronx Borough Presiden...

Does Hip-Hop Have a Place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Earlier this week, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced their 2021 inductees, Jay-Z and LL Cool J topped the list as the most prominent rappers to be inducted. Hip-Hop artists began gaining recognition from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 when Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five were recognized. Since 2007 less than ten hip-hop acts have been enshrined into the Hall, most of which being group acts. Run DMC, the Beastie Boys...

Jay-Z is among several artists to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Jay-Z, Tina Turner, and  LL Cool J are among the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of fame inductees.  Jay-Z is easily considered by many as one of the greatest rappers, dead or alive. The New York rapper, CEO and music mogul holds 22 Grammy Awards and became the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017. His impact and inspiration extends beyond music into fashion, Tidal streaming services, sports ownership and his efforts to reform criminal justice.  This marks ...

Rolling Stone Menu LL Cool J on His Long-Awaited Rock Hall Induction: ‘What’s Meant for You Will Come’ “It’s humbling and it’s inspiring,” says the hip-hop pioneer of the honor. “It makes me want to get in the studio and give something back for this recognition” By Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP LL Cool J has been on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot six since times since 2010. Some fans were starting to fear he’d never get in, especially after latter-day hip...

Sylvia Robinson (née Vanderpool; March 6, 1935 – September 29, 2011) was an American singer, musician, record producer, and record label executive. Robinson was best known for her work as founder/CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records. Robinson is credited as the driving force behind two landmark singles in the genre; "Rappers Delight" (1979) by the Sugarhill Gang, and "The Message" (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five; which caused her to be dubbed the "Mother of Hip-Hop"...