That’s what Johnny Galvatron, the creative director of Beethoven & Dinosaur’s Mixtape, said when I told him I had been listening to his old band’s music. Before making video games, Galvatron was the ...

DJ Michael "5000" Watts passed away at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in The Woodlands, Texas, at the age of 52 on Jan. 30.

Tributes came from those who knew him as more than a legend — people who saw up close how his work reshaped Houston’s hip-hop landscape. Newly elected U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee stepped to the pulpit ...

A fourth defendant was sentenced in the 2021 shooting death of Bluffton student Dwon “D.J.” Fields Jr., leaving one suspect left without a conviction. Shayniah Void, 23, of Orangeburg, was sentenced ...

The third of five defendants has been sent to prison for the 2021 murder of standout football player Dwon “D.J.” Fields, a senior at Bluffton High School who was shot in a fatal case of mistaken ...

Kolawole Adeosun aka DJ Instinct has released a new song, Puche Vibez. The new song is coming eight years after his collaboration with Small Doctor and Oladips on Omo Better. DJ Instinct has continued ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jack Harlow's former DJ, Ronnie O'Bannon, will not serve prison time for his role in the death of a bartender during Kentucky Derby weekend in 2021. O'Bannon pleaded guilty Tuesday ...

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...

DJ Kay Slay, the venerated hip-hop DJ known as rap’s “Drama King,” died Sunday, April 17, due to complications related to Covid-19. He was 55. The New York City radio station Hot 97 — where DJ Kay ...

Anyone nostalgic for the mixtape era of hip-hop has been eating good this past year. First up, Tyler, The Creator recruited DJ Drama to add a layer of integrity to his stellar 2021 album Call Me If ...

Following a disappointing 2021 season, Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu is ready to put his latest campaign in the rearview mirror. “I don’t really want to talk about last year,” LeMahieu told Kristie ...