American Songwriter

4 Legendary Old-School Rap Acts That Hit the Pop Charts With a Top 40 Banger

They're all highly respected in the world of old-school rap. And they all hit the Top 40 just once in their careers.
FOX 26 Houston

Michael ‘5000’ Watts, Swishahouse founder and Houston hip-hop pioneer, dies at 52

Houston hip-hop icon Michael "5000" Watts, the founder of Swishahouse Records and a pioneer of the "chopped and screwed" sound, has passed away following a recent hospitalization.
Glide Magazine

Golden Age Thursday Samples: Vanilla Fudge’s “Bang Bang” (1967) Becomes Intertwined With Hip-hop Through The Alchemist (2004) & Cypress Hill (2010)

When most people think of samples in Hip-hop, they think of classic soul and funk records. A beautifully haunting vocal sample from a singer lost in the ...
The Independent Singapore

100-year-old Mahathir hospitalised after hip fracture from home fall

Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, aged 100, was hospitalized on January 6, 2026, after suffering a right hip fracture from a fall at his home. His daughter, Marina Mahathir, ...
AllHipHop

Bronx Gets First Hip-Hop High School in Historic Education Vote

Bronx School of Hip-Hop was approved as America’s first public high school centered on Hip-Hop culture, set to open in the South Bronx in 2026. Education officials made history last month when they ...