In 1973, James Brown formed an unlikely friendship with the Rev. Al Sharpton, who he met when Sharpton was a young civil ...

Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. Still, it wasn’t long before the subculture spread from clubs in New York and Philadelphia ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images A new survey on tribute acts by the online gaming company Slingo has thrown ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When we talk about the DNA of hip-hop, three words always come up: James Brown. Breakbeats. From the moment DJs like Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash first looped those funk grooves ...

Eminem is making a comeback, and we can’t forget all of the memorable songs from his heyday that made him one of the most well-known rappers in history. The love his early works get is warranted, but ...

These three one-hit wonders sampled pretty famous songs. And the artists who made them (more or less) got away with it. However, one of these samples is almost 300 years old, so we’re not exactly ...

Ever listened to a song you came to love, only to find out it was built on a gem from decades before? Samples are a cornerstone in modern music, shifting culture while forcing the past and present to ...

Disco is a music genre and a subculture born out of a dance floor and pioneered by Black musicians, DJs and producers in the 1970s and early 1980s. The word disco comes from the Italian discoteca, ...

The Sister Nancy documentary is making its global theater debut. A documentary spotlighting the woman behind what is often hailed as “one of the most-sampled reggae songs” premiered in theaters on ...

Women’s History Month is a chance to celebrate women’s cultural, artistic, and societal contributions across all spectrums of society. While flowers have been (rightfully) given to today’s female ...

Hear where moments of Kraftwerk, Enya, Herb Alpert and more ended up in producers’ deft hands. By Lindsay Zoladz Today’s playlist is a celebration of a tried-and-true method of discovering new-to-you ...

This song, it's one of the most sampled songs of all-time. It's been borrowed by hundreds of artists. Guy Raz at the TED Radio Hour has this look at the track and what it reveals about originality in ...