“The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes,” rapped Nas on his 1994 classic “N.Y. State of Mind.” Like other underground genres that hit their stride in the ...

Before the Internet took over the music game and streaming platforms became king, the street mixtape reigned supreme and all of your favorite rappers knew that was the best way to get their name out ...

Rapper Lil Wayne appeared on DJ Drama s Shade 45 Sirius satellite radio show last night (May 30) and cleared up controversial remarks made about mixtape DJ s. The rapper called into The Aphilliates ...

DJ White Owl, the popular mixtape DJ, has died. His artist and friend Pokerface first reported the news on Instagram on Monday: DJ White Owl was an influential presence on the mixtape scene for almost ...

Over the last decade or so, mixtapes have revolutionized the rap game and altered how marketing in general is approached. Not only have the rappers received substantial acclaim, the DJs have, too.

In one of the quieter moments on J. Cole’s new Dreamville mixtape D-Day, DJ Drama chimes in with a little self-aggrandizing commentary. This is nothing new. For decades, Drama has been filling up the ...

It’s pretty safe to say that the mixtape game isn’t what it used to be when artists and DJs were dropping classic projects in the ’90s and early 2000s, but that doesn’t mean us older heads don’t ...

DJ Drama, arguably the most famous mixtape DJ of all time, breaks down the art form's evolution. By Dan Rys Ten years ago this month, a raid on DJ Drama and Don Cannon’s Atlanta studio netted ...