Like the Notorious one, he started selling drugs at a young age on the streets of NYC. He took to rapping, seeing it as a way to turn his misery into monetary gain. The late, great Jam Master Jay taught him how to count bars, craft choruses, and make a...

Understandable but not justified. Riley, who began his career covering doo-wop classics in the pioneering rocksteady vocal group The Techniques was a sort of living bridge from the pre-reggae era to the dancehall future, spanning almost every stylistic...

Foundational hip-hop DJ Jam Master Jay would have turned 47 over the weekend (January 21st) and not surprisingly some of the rap world’s heavy hitters (and big dog pitbulls) were inspired to pay tribute. Chief among them is this modernized version of...

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A short distance away, two men admire a portrait of Jam Master Jay – the Run-DMC deejay who was murdered in his studio in 2002 – spray-painted on to the same giant warehouse of a building. Even when closed for the winter, this rambling building in...

While most people would probably call “Sherm Stick” or “The Loc Is On His Own” their favorite song from Jayo Felony’s 1995 debut, mine has always been the bobblehead-inducing title cut. But, for as many times as I’ve heard this super slept-on, Jam Master