Hip-hoppers are a shameless bunch who will literally rap over anything. The Fugees' Ready or Not borrowed Enya humming, Kanye's Diamonds from Sierra Leone sampled Shirley Bassey, and Cypress Hill's ...

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 ...

Sometimes, a sample comes to us from a legend who has passed. The tricky thing about samples is giving the original artist ...

If there's one thing about Drake that every hip-hop fan should should know, it's that the Canadian superstar is a student of the game. Growing up influenced by the rap culture and its artists, Drizzy ...

It was announced yesterday that Ron Howard of all people will be directing a concert documentary about Jay-Z’s upcoming Made in America festival in Philadelphia, which is set to go down on September 1 ...

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There are at least a dozen love songs that everyone can relate to. It may be about the artist who sang it, the time in which it was popular and on the radio, or simply the words of the song that ...

Billboard has rounded up 16 songs by R&B and rap artists that sample old African songs. By Heran Mamo Aminé‘s third studio album 13 Months of Sunshine — which dropped Friday (May 16) — pays homage to ...