On Monday’s Everyday Struggle episode, self-proclaimed “Chief Cultural Director” and semi-retired rapper Joe Budden found a good deal of humor in producers having their beats stolen. While discussing ...

Hidden up a wooded hill in the sprawling backyard of his suburban Los Angeles estate, Dijon “Mustard” McFarlane is on the tennis court, perfecting his forehand. “I’m an extremist,” the 34-year-old ...

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- In the world of hip-hop and rap, it's not uncommon for an artist to sample another, but a local producer says a big-time rapper did more than sample. He's suing Def Jam Records -- ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to Hip Hop, producers have no problem making sure that the listener knows who's behind the beat. Using taglines as ...

Fetty Wap and his "Trap Queen" producer, Tony Fadd, are reportedly being sued by a Danish songwriter, Lazar Lakic, who claims the pair stole his beat without permission for Fetty's hit song. According ...

Hip-hop at it's core is lyrics on a beat, with both being vital for the final product. Throughout the genre's history, there have been some truly incredible beats that turned producers into stars, and ...

When it comes to genres that have been allowed to flourish in the age of the online music cloud, few have risen to greater prominence than future sounds, better known to most as beats culture. An ...

Beat Butcha’s sound is self-described by the adjectives grimy, eclectic and soulful. So far in 2022, that holy trinity was put on display in the form of Dreamville’s surprise Gangsta Grillz mixtape, ...

The emergence of the type beats community as a legitimate force in rap music was initially met with resistance from veteran producers like 9th Wonder, who, in a since-deleted tweet from 2016, said, ...