Benjamin Kath, who records under the name Ben Jammin Beats, is a Twin Cities–based producer known for crafting hip-hop instrumentals that balance warmth, grit, and emotion.

There's nothing more hip-hop than taking the remnants of something, re-purposing it and putting your own unique spin on it, a concept that has powered the culture since its inception. What began as ...

Generally speaking, when you think of performers who use stringed instruments such as the viola or violin, you likely picture stuffy aging white men, seated deep within the pit of a concert hall, each ...

There’s no question that Ahmir (? uestlove) Thompson possesses the most recognizable hair in hip hop. But in addition to his mighty Afro, he also happens to play one of the genre’s most unusual ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2023: I’m an old-school hip-hop head – born in the '80s and grew up in the '90s. The way my producer heroes in the golden beat era crafted their beats is very different to how I have done ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...