It’s been about 40 years since the 16-year-old Queens rap hyena LL Cool J released “I Need A Beat,” his classic debut single, on the newly founded label Def Jam Recordings. It’s been eight years since LL released his most recent single — “You Already,” a collaboration with the...

He also spoke about working with Q-Tip, Rick Ross, Fat Joe and more as well as why Kendrick Lamar won his battle with DrakeThe post LL COOL J on his first album in 11 years, ‘THE FORCE’: “I want to do the Blackest shit in the world” appeared first on NME.

He told the graduating class that choosing to be an artist "is a courageous choice, indeed"The post Q-Tip earns honorary doctorate from Berklee College Of Music appeared first on NME.

After A Tribe Called Quest broke up in 1998, the great Phife Dawg only released one solo album, 2000’s Ventilation: Da LP. Phife died in 2016 while A Tribe Called Quest were working on their great reunion album We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service, and that LP came out a few months after his death. This worked as a great fin...

It comes alongside a new acoustic track by White called 'Queen Of The Bees'The post Listen to Jack White and Q-Tip team up on sinister new track ‘Hi-De-Ho’ appeared first on NME.