Eric Benet, MC Lyte and More Join Calls For Justice For Black Teen Found Dead in Mississippi news ...

You saw Earth, Wind & Fire face off against the Isley Brothers on Verzuz. Now read about how the legendary collective recorded their seminal album I Am. While working as a session drummer for ...

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Rick James' Street Songs, we spoke with engineer Rick Sanchez, who provided an incisive account of how this classic record came to fruition. Coming from ...

Born the son of a Pentecostal minister, Michael D’Angelo Archer was destined to pursue a career in music. At the age of three, he began playing the piano by ear inside the Archer household. By five, ...

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 ...

In celebration of the anniversary of Jodeci's debut album, Forever My Lady, we spoke with group member Dalvin “Mr. Dalvin” DeGrate and engineer Paul Logus, who both provided insightful account of how ...

James Blake offers up his own take on a Destiny's Child classic with "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Harmonimix) - a rework that features sped up vocals from the original song contrasted with Blake's ...

The Ohio Players’ story begins in Dayton, Ohio in 1959. During this early period, they were known as the Ohio Untouchables and were the band for a Detroit-based vocal group called The Falcons. For ...

The record business has (allegedly) scammed countless musicians out of their masters, publishing rights, royalties, and just about everything else under the sun. Artists who lacked the proper ...

Juice WRLD's breakout single, "Lucid Dreams," contains a reworked sample from Sting's 1993 classic track "Shape of My Heart." On Saturday (November 17th) Nick Mira, who produced "Lucid Dreams," called ...

“I want you to give a warm welcome to our new Black Panther: Mr David Jonsson,” said Coogler as he introduced the actor, to cheers from the audience. “Thank you to this amazing family that I have the ...

He completed the imagery with a loosely worn white gown at his weekend-capping headline set for Glastonbury Festival last month. The unblemished white of the gown became steadily stained with a ...