Just Friends have announced a new album, HELLA, due March 4 via Pure Noise (pre-order). If you’re unfamiliar with the band, they sound straight out of the early ’90s Lollapalooza era, with a ...

Hip-hop has had a strong connection to reggae music since the days of DJ Kool Herc’s summer house parties in the early 1970s. Hip-hop’s foundation was built on elements of the Jamaican sound system ...

While Atlanta was still in its funk era in the 1970s, reggae and dancehall music began to gain popularity in New York, where they would be infused with round-the-way rap to form hip-hop. For example, ...