Time for Chirl Girl’s Christmas Song of the Day! We are just 5 days away from Santa Clause coming to town and it’s time to take it to the Queens with RUN-DMC’s big hit from 1987! Listen out for the samples from Clarence Carter’s 1968 holiday song “Back Door Santa”, as well as “Frosty the Snowman”, […]

“We hope to tell an amazing story of a culture that came into being in the South Bronx, a part of the US that people had pretty much given up on, and which came to dominate the popular imagination for decades after” For some, what is the Smithsonian? The Smithsonian is a group of museums […]

Tupac Shakur will be inducted into the 2017 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Chic’s Nile Rodgers will be given the Award For Musical Excellence.

Happy birthday to one of the pioneers of the rap game, Joseph Simmons a.k.a Rev. Run or DJ Run.  He is one of the founding members of the influential hip hop group,  Run-DMC.  He is also a practicing minister and is known as Reverend Run. Today he celebrates his 52 birthday!

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its class of 2017 nominees on Tuesday.

The rappers will receive the highest honors from The Grammys.

The Recording Academy is trying really hard to right its wrongs of the past at this year's Grammy Awards.

Rock singer Gene Simmons is getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and he couldn’t be more upset about it. The lead…

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Reverend Joseph “Run” Simmons (pictured left) and wife Justine Simmons (pictured right) will be hosting their own daytime talk show, according to Always A-List. RELATED: Rev. Run Is…

First Lady Michelle Obama is releasing a rap album to promote her “Let’s Move!” anti-obesity campaign, but she won’t be singing.  Instead, she has joined forces…

Run-D.M.C. star Darryl McDaniels has launched a scathing attack on modern hip-hop music, accusing today’s rappers of popularizing gun and drug culture. The hip-hop pioneer…