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Best known for the hit “The Humpty Dance,” the late rapper-producer left a major imprint on West Coast rap.

Big this Week: Bucky Heard at the Bootlegger, Vegas-themed paintings at Recycled Propaganda and more Tina Podcast: Bandsplaining On this Spotify-hosted weekly show, Yasi Salek attempts to unpack the musical legacies and enduring appeal of influential cult artists like MF Doom, Steely Dan, Kool Keith, My Chemical Romance and Phish, with the help of savvy cultural writers like Hanif Abdurraqib, Rob Mitchum and Meredith Graves. A recent two-parter features Bob Mehr attempting to explain the magnif...

Big this Week: Ricky Heard at the Bootlegger, Vegas-themed paintings at Recycled Propaganda and more Tina Podcast: Bandsplaining On this Spotify-hosted weekly show, Yasi Salek attempts to unpack the musical legacies and enduring appeal of influential cult artists like MF Doom, Steely Dan, Kool Keith, My Chemical Romance and Phish, with the help of savvy cultural writers like Hanif Abdurraqib, Rob Mitchum and Meredith Graves. A recent two-parter features Bob Mehr attempting to explain the magnif...

Rolling Stone Menu Madvillain Exec Egon Remembers MF DOOM: ‘He Was Such a Master of His Craft’ “DOOM is one of the most special people that any of us working in music could ever possibly want to work with,” former Stones Throw GM says. “He just thought about things in a different way” By Mr. Mass/Courtesy of Egon Alapatt Eothen “Egon” Alapatt was out on a bike ride in Big Sur, California on New Year’s Eve when the news broke that Daniel Dumile, the rapper who...

okayafrica Screenshot from YouTube. K.O’s 20 Best Verses Ranked K.O is greatly lauded for crafting some of the most iconic verses in South African hip-hop. We rank the veteran rappers 20 best verses from good to hazardous. K.O is one of the best rappers in South African hip-hop. The Mpumalanga native is also one of the longest-standing veterans in the SA hip-hop scene. He found his start as one-third of the celebrated group Teargas which debuted in 2006. Branching out int...

New York, NY – Famed New York City photographer Ricky Powell, who was often referred to as the “fourth Beastie Boy,” has reportedly passed away. According to a source close to Powell, he died of heart failure on Monday (February 1) at the age of 59. News of Powell’s passing started making the rounds on Twitter with The Roots’ Questlove being among the first Hip Hop artists to pay tribute to him by quoting a lyric from the Beastie Boys’ single “Car Thief” in which he’s mention...

Ricky Powell, well-known photographer, author and honorary fourth member of the Beastie Boys, has died. According to a report from Page Six on Monday (Feb. 1), which is when the news of Powells passing broke, he was 59 years old. The cause of death hasnt been revealed. The story of Powell becoming the rap crews famed photographer started back in 1986, when the master behind the camera lens ditched a job selling lemon ices to roll with the Beastie Boys on Run-DMCs Hell Raising Tour. Some of t...

The (White) Rapper Show ran for only one season consisting of eight episodes. In the inaugural episode, the 10 contestants — Dasit, Jon Boy, Misfit, Sullee, Persia, John “King Of Da Burbz” Brown, 100 Proof, $hamrock, Jus Rhyme and G-Child — moved into their new home in the South Bronx dubbed “Tha White House.” Dasit was the first contestant to be eliminated and as soon as he left Tha White House, he was ambushed by someone dressed as a giant cockroach wielding a large can of “Step...

The Truth About MF Dooms Iconic Mask Roger Kisby/Getty Images By Richard Milner/Jan. 1, 2021 9:52 am EDT/Updated: Jan. 2, 2021 10:05 am EDT "Whether is it animal, vegetable, or mineral / Its a miracle how he get so lyrical." True dat, Doom. Such sage rhymes, pulled from MF Dooms all-food-based 2004 album  MM...Food, typify Dooms underground, alt-rap absurdism and self-mythologizing. Doom, one of many characters created by legendary rapper and producer Daniel Dumile (includin...

Whodini member John “Ecstasy” Fletcher has passed away. On Wednesday (December 23), Whodini’s de facto leader Jalil Hutchins shared a Facebook post that read, “Pray for our family. Today is a dark day.” While the post was purposely vague, closer inspection of the comment section revealed Ectasy has indeed passed on. Several Hip Hop luminaries also confirmed his passing on social media, including Questlove, Chuck D and A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip. No immediate cause of death has bee...