Seattle’s dance community is coming together to support one of its own.A local hip-hop collective is hosting a special ...

Nathan Ard had no intention of winning the 2024 edition of 206 Zulu’s Beat Masters Beat Battle. Last June, Ard, a producer-rapper also known as Third Eye Bling, simply showed up to the beatmaking ...

The Crocodile might’ve waddled a few blocks north, but opposite the old venue at Second Avenue and Blanchard Street, a new music night is taking shape in the heart of Belltown. In the summer of 2024, ...

Yonny laughs when he admits he hadn’t been to he Crocodile, Neumos, or Barboza until after he’d already started performing. “I’ve lived here my whole life,” he says. “But I never really went to any ...

Afrika Bambaataa, a hip-hop pioneer, has died of prostate cancer in Pennsylvania at age 68, according to his lawyer.

With breakout musicians, there’s often a mystique to the big hometown show. The fans who nurtured your early career get caught up on the new tunes, the new chops, maybe a fresh wardrobe. But for newly ...

Rapper Ludacris had to bail, but there's no shortage of hip-hop artists at Bumbershoot. And if you like your hip-hop tempered with other styles -- say jazz, soul or R&B -- you're in luck. The festival ...

On the heels of a new memoir sharing the recipes of a rich cultural life, rap's first tour guide talks aging with the culture ...