Twenty years later, J Dilla’s name is spoken with the same reverence as the greatest to ever touch a sampler. His work continues to inspire, educate and move listeners around the world. Though his ...

The North Carolina native has once again used his lyrical gift to provide an album that is introspective, lively, and celebratory of his career.

Hip-hop and R&B may not have invented sampling, but we perfected it. Black artists are some of the most sampled in history, ...

"This is what music is about," Kendrick said on Sunday when accepting the Grammy.

Kendrick Lamar won Best Rap Album for GNX at the 2026 Grammy Awards on Sunday night, extending his remarkable Grammy dominance just one year after sweeping Music's Biggest Night with "Not Like Us." ...

When most people think of samples in Hip-hop, they think of classic soul and funk records. A beautifully haunting vocal sample from a singer lost in the ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

Lizzo called out music sampling laws as racially biased during a Million Dollaz Worth of Game interview and accused the system of criminalizing Hip-Hop’s roots. Lizzo called out music sampling laws ...

In an interview with 'Million Dollaz Worth of Game', the musician spoke about how sampling polices Black creativity Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

In an interview with 'Million Dollaz Worth of Game', the musician spoke about how sampling polices Black creativity Lizzo claimed the origins of sampling laws are "racially charged" “Hip-hop’s medium ...

Lizzo has some strong feelings about sampling laws. The 37-year-old appeared on Million Dollaz Worth of Game, where, amid discussing the release of her latest mixtape, My Face Hurts from Smiling, she ...

Rubin helped change the perception. But first, he changed the way hip-hop records sounded. He wanted to replicate the power he felt at New York City’s clubs. Eventually, the producer expanded upon the ...