Irv Gotti, a music producer and founder of an influential rap label, has died, Def Jam Recordings said. He was 54. Gotti was best known as the head of Murder Inc. Records, an imprint of Def Jam that ...

Irv Gotti, a noted record executive, music producer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The cause of death is as yet ...

“Def Jam has lost one of its most creative soldiers who was hip-hop,” says YouTube’s Lyor Cohen. Jed Wallace targets the actress naming him in the sexual harassment and retaliation complaint she filed ...

What is Vy Higginsen’s most famous contribution to musical theater? Vy Higginsen co-wrote “Mama, I Want to Sing!”, which became the longest-running black off-Broadway musical in American history, ...

Rapsody is the third female rapper to win Best Melodic Rap Performance, following Lauryn Hill, who won the award in 1999 for ...

Super Bowl national anthem singer Jon Batiste has won Oscars and Grammys, and previously led "The Late Show with Stephen ...

Since Roc Nation’s partnership with the N.F.L., hip-hop stars like Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar have been center stage at ...

The Producers Guild tackles AI, runaway production and help for L.A. fire victims while also honoring TV and the cinema’s ...

Usher, who performed at the 2024 halftime show, shares advice with Kendrick ahead of his New Orleans performance on February 9, 2025.

Description: Seymore's debut album comes after two years of national touring. He's shared the stage with Robert Earl Keen, ...

A History of Hip Hop Sampling with John Morrison and Josh Leidy is 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch.

Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ and ‘Neverender’ by Justice and Tame Impala won the best album and best recording categories, ...