Dr. Dre

Live performances in hip-hop are a shaky subject to discuss, often resulting in conflicting opinions of what a “good” show actually consisted of. Where one rapper will orchestrate an entire production with their live shows—making them as cinematic as possible—another artist will stand on stage with a mic yelling, with their hype men friends yelling as well. Truth be told, Eminem ...

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Vh1 has a documentary on the way and it's revolutionary for hip-hop. Titled The Tanning Of America: One Nation Under Hip Hop, the movie will reflect on how the genre gravely affected our economy, further closing the racial gap that was heavily prevalent in America prior to its existence. ...

Halloween is here. For all the ghouls and ghoulettes, that means the night will be open to mischief, mayhem and plain fun. Whether you are throwing a Halloween party or prepping to go out and hit the town, you’re going to need some tunes to set you in the mood. Sinc...

Ever witnessed a mini icon? Well you're about to see a bunch as XXL has gathered together a gallery of hip-hop's top stars when they were just little rose buds in the garden of life. Capturing 50 Cent, Jay Z, Missy Elliott, Action Bronson and a host of others; check out XXL's "A Trip Down Memory Lane...

Earlier today, Ice Cube dropped a Halloween-themed video for "Sasquatch" where Cube portrays the classic movie serial killer, Michael Myers, in the vid. While the video is sufficiently terrifying, it's hardly the first hip-hop video to leave the viewer feel chilled to the bone with terror. At ...

A few years ago, Hit-Boy was a virtually unknown producer. Now the Grammy-winning beat maker is doing all he ever dreamed of. That includes recently chilling with one of his producing idols, Dr Dre. So, is the Hip Hop Since '87 head honcho on tap to work on the elusive Detox album...

Scoe has always operated behind the scenes. The Philly-born, West Coast-groomed rapper was first introduced to the hip-hop world through his older brother Kurupt, who was busy making classics with his Death Row brethren when Scoe (formerly Roscoe) showed up on the left coast as a kid...

Punch, co-president of TDE, recently did an interview with Al Lindstrom where he discussed the influence of Dr. Dre, the signing of SZA, compares ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron and Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d. city to All Eyez On Me and Life After Death, and talks about Chance the Rapper having discussions to sign with TDE. Chance himself has s...

Last week, Forbes released its annual "Hip-Hop Cash Kings" list of the richest hip-hop celebrities in all of music. For the first time in the list's eight-year history, the "Cash Kings" list was topped by Diddy after several years of falling just short after being ranked at No ...

Last night's BET Hip-Hop Awards taping revealed more than the Cypher Lineup. The Cypher, itself, might have unveiled hip-hop's latest label signing. According to sources, Flint, Michigan spitter Jon Connor revealed that he is the latest employee at Dr...

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine's uber-popular line of headphones and electronic devices just got another boost with a $500 million investment from The Carlyle Group, reports The New York Times. Beats announced the half a billion dollar boost in capital from the top private equity firm on Friday (September 27)...