Those of us old enough to be alive in 1994 when Illmatic dropped have been waiting for Nas and DJ Premier to drop a ...

The “Take the Money and Run” singer’s 1977 No. 2 hit “Fly Like an Eagle” has turned up in “It’s Time,” a new track by hip-hop ...

Several months remain for Hip-Hop 50, the culture’s half-century anniversary. Although the event programming might’ve slowed, the musical tributes continue to roll in. For the icon DJ Premier, that ...

Many of those fans, accustomed to overpromised and underdelivered pipe dreams, scanned a lineup that included new material ...

Years” isn’t about chasing their younger selves—it’s about showing that hip-hop’s elders can still create, contribute, and ...

As a year full of hip-hop heavyweights linking up for chart-topping diss tracks, DJ Premier’s latest song “Ya Don’t Stop” proves there is still unity in the culture. Yesterday (July 25), in a ...

The track is a potent, laid-back ode to all things West Coast, centered around a classic Preemo scratch sample — “Welcome to California… life is a bitch out here.” Over a beat that blends classic boom ...

CHICAGO - JULY 1998: Pioneering rapper Guru (Keith Elam, left) and DJ Premier (Christopher Edward Martin, right) of the group Gang Starr pose for a portrait in July 1998 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo ...

DJ Premier tapped Remy Ma and Rhapsody to appear in the first installment of Mass Appeal’s Hip Hop 50: The Soundtrack Series. DJ Premier announced that the video for “Remy Rap” featuring the two ...

Macklemore pays tribute to his less-than-savory childhood idols on his new song, “Heroes,” featuring DJ Premier. In an interview with Rolling Stone last year, Macklemore spoke about the collection of ...

DJ Premier: I would definitely say "Compton Zoo" did it for me just because that's not a style of beat I'm used to hearing Eiht rap on and just his approach to it made me go "Wow, this is definitely a ...

DJ Premier has shared a new Gang Starr song called “Glowing Mic.” Hear the track, featuring a previously unreleased verse from the late Guru, below (via Rolling Stone). DJ Premier told Rolling Stone ...