As sample drill took over New York last year, rappers from the Bronx and Queens flocked to the trend’s beats created with elements sourced from obvious (and at times obnoxious) places. For some, ...

Mamdani becomes the city’s first Muslim mayor and first of South Asian descent. 11 hours ago Although there are other dance music subgenres Black people are behind (Miami bass, New Orleans bounce), it ...

Jersey club music has been around since the late ‘90s. A derivation of East Coast club music inspired by Baltimore club’s blend of house music and hip-hop, its bouncier cousin from Newark came ...

It almost feels like 1996 again. Not a soul is holding up the wall and there isn’t a dry forehead in the Paradox dance club on a Sunday evening in April. Party people of all walks of life have come ...

Two years ago, I witnessed legendary dance producer Giorgio Moroder play a comeback DJ set at a festival in Los Angeles. Onstage, the septuagenarian had a younger, more tech savvy assistant next to ...

In summer 2008, Khia Edgerton was amplifying Baltimore’s sound, and the world was starting to listen. Better known as K-Swift, the Randallstown native and party-starting DJ was the undisputed champion ...

Rihanna, Oprah, Michelle Obama, Drake and Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders were among the 100,000-plus who tuned in. So last Friday, he took to the turntables — DJ-ing and mixing for ...

The Breakfast Club host has raised over $100K to help artists and DJs who are out of work due to the pandemic Emily Strohm is a Senior Editor at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE for 11 years and has ...

Recently, this sound has gone viral online across YouTube, Instagram, and Tik Tok. Jersey club is a style of dance music created by Black DJs from New Jersey. Like many other dance genres the music ...

Have you ever sat in a strip club and spent a minute or two looking at the DJ? Probably not; let’s face it, there’s boobage to be seen and that guy sitting alone in a booth isn’t going to be as ...