The audience itself was one of the most remarkable aspects of the sold-out Mos Def Big Band Tribute to J Dilla last night at Hill Auditorium. It was clear that most of the crowd was there to see the ...

If there's one thing Mos Def has, it's ambition. The hip-hop superstar -- who's also an actor, musician and (like all good Renaissance men) a budding clothing designer -- has been trying to invigorate ...

For hip-hop fans, the significance of 1998 needs little explanation thanks to landmark works by Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Jay-Z, DMX, Big Pun, the Neptunes, the Cash Money and No Limit collectives, and ...