Whodini

The rap pioneer, known for his signature Zorro hat, was 56.

Plus: Feeder, ELO, Cloud Nothings, Volur, Eye of Nix, Mariah Carey, Big Freedia, Mark Knopfler, Beirut, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Trina, G Perico opening for Freddie Gibbs, and more tour news.

South Bronx legend KRS-One will release his thirteenth solo album and followup to 2012's The BDP Album on November 24. It's called Now Hear This and features the singles "Drugs Won" (as in, "they declared a war on drugs but drugs won") and "Sound ...

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Gigawatts Festival @ The Wick, The Well & Our Wicked Lady It's the third and final day of Brooklyn's Gigawatts Festival, and it's wrapping up with a b...

SummerStage has been leaking some of the artists playing their 2015 season, also its 30th year, for the last month and today they've announced the whole lineup and schedule...

"Rip to the greatest hip hop producer of all times.... Larry Smith. Produced my biggest and most significant hits." - Rev Run Hip hop producer / musician Larry Smith, the man behind the sound of Run DMC's "It's Like That" and "Sucker MCs" as well as early singles by Whodini, Kurtis Blow (he co-wrote and played bass on "The Breaks" and "Hard Times") and others, has died at age 63...

Rakim at West 147 in 2011 (more by Brook Bobbins) In addition to the Seaside Summer Concert series, Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz also presents the annual Martin Luther King Jr...

This letter, signed by a ton of artists and pictured above, is set to appear in an ad in Billboard:We are big fans of Pandora. That's why we helped give the company a discount on rates for the past decade...

Von King Park Thursday, July 3rd: Felix Hernandez Rhythm Review Thursday, July 10th: Whodini Thursday, July 17th: 21:03 / Kurt Carr