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Hamilton, the hip hop musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, made an impressive showing at this year's Tony Awards.  By winning 11 Tonys, including one for Best Musical, Hamilton fell just short of the record of 12, which currently belongs to The Producers.  In addition to winning the highly vaunted Best Musical Tony, Hamilton also took home prizes for Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction, and Best Choreography.  Leslie Odom Jr. (Best Lead Actor), Daveed Diggs (Best Featured Actor), and Renee Ellse Goldsberry (Best Featured Actress) also took home Tony awards for their performances in Hamilton.

The groundbreaking musical, which chronicles the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, made its Off-Broadway debut in February of 2015, and it pr

James Bomb, part of Public Enemy's S1W group, has just dropped his first solo single, "Trapped Music."

On the blues influenced "Trapped Music," Bomb details the problems of modern society that have been glorified and commercialized by modern hip-hop. "I'm too advanced for this heroin dance music," Bomb raps. "Rap fused with the confusion of the prescription drug you're using, or the molly that Miley's on. Black entertainment via Viacom." The track was written by James and Eric Muhammad and was produced by Public Enemy's Chuck D.

Bomb was part of the Unity Force security group with Professor Griff. When Griff joined Public Enemy, Unity Force joined Public Enemy as the S1W group, which performed alongside Publ

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers announced on Thursday that it will be awarding A Tribe Called Quest their Golden Note Award.  The award will be presented during the 29th Annual Rhythm and Soul Music Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles on June 23rd.  The ceremony will also include a tribute to Phife Dawg, who recently passed away in March due to complications with diabetes.

A Tribe Called Quest unleashed their signature fusion of jazz and hip hop with 1990's People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, and they went on to release four more albums in a career that spawned nearly 10 years.  Critics and fans alike regard their two following albums, Low End Thoery and Midnight Marauders, as seminal hip hop c

The Foreign Exchange's latest album – "Takes From The Land Of Milk And Honey."

Matthijs Rook, better know as Nicolay is a well known hip-hop and R&B producer from the Netherlands. He is one half of The Foreign Exchange, a group created with American rapper Phonte. The two artists created Foreign Exchange the independent label and have been releasing music since the early 2000’s.

Since his first release, Nicolay has changed direction in his approach to managing the music industry and evolving his own sound. Nicolay attempts to keep an analogue sound to his music with the use of live instruments rather than using samples. In an interview with HipHopDX (

Taboo, of the Black Eyed Peas, came up from the east side of LA along with fellow members, Will.I.Am and Apple. He has always made it his goal to be a provider for his family, and after his first son, Taboo never wanted to NOT be able to be there for his family and more than just a financial provider. He has a warm personality and great care for his family, community, and to his music.

Taboo: You know I’m just excited you guys are playing my record, honestly, I'm gona be honest with you I just put on soundcloud because I felt like you know the Black Eyed Peas fans or the taboo fans you know like when you have them waiting for music for a long time you gotta find other avenues that may not be traditional or co

G-Eazy and Jeremih have dropped "Saw It Coming," a new song from the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot soundtrack. The track features a mix of the Oakland rapper's rhymes and some smooth hooks from Chicago singer/songwriter.

The new track, "Saw It Coming," is the latest scarily catchy theme song to be featured in a Ghostbusters movie, following Ray Parker Jr.'s original theme and Bobby Brown's "On Our Own" for the 1989 sequel. Since the song calls back the iconic "Who You Gonna Call?" line from the original Ghostbusters theme, Ray Parker Jr. is given a writing credit on the song.

The soundtrack for the upcoming film will also include a new track from Missy E