LL Cool J

As hip hop celebrates its 50th year of existence, its stronghold on pop-culture remains ever-present. With exhibits, festivals and documentaries in honor of the world's most popular genre. As hip hop evolves, nuances and pieces of history…

Rock The Bells, AfroFuture, AfroVerse and Sixthman festivals have announced the first-ever AfroCruise which will sail from Miami, Florida to Nassau, Bahamas. The cruise will depart on March 29, 2024 and will arrive on April 1. The…

Rock The Bells has announced The F.O.R.C.E. (Frequencies of Real Creative Energy), a North American Summer Tour. Hip-Hop icon LL Cool J will take the stage as the headlining performance. The tour begins on June 25th and will be making a…

LL Cool J founded media platform, Rock The Bells, have announced their latest venture, “Rock The Bells Cruise: A Hip-Hop Experience” in partnership with Sixthman. The hip hop culture platform will team with the industry leading theme…

Following his collaborative album with the legendary Eric B. & Rakim, Jonathan Hay and company have decided to tackle another iconic artist from the golden era of New York hip-hop and reimagine it as jazz. This time around, the…

A new day-long celebration of Hip-Hop culture founded by LL Cool J called Rock The Bells Festival will be happening at Forest Hills Stadium in LL's hometown of Queens on August 6. The festival will feature live performances, art…

This is the third article in the series “Made in New York,” a historical examination of the music history of each of New York’s 62 counties, this time looking at Queens County. New York City has a fascinating history and an immense…

The Museum of the City of New York has announced plans for a brand new exhibit that will feature an extensive look at the city's music scene in the '80s. New York, New Music: 1980-1986 will open on June 11 at the museum and promises to…

Clyde Stubblefield, the drummer who provided the backbeat for a generation, died Saturday at the age of 73. As the drummer for James Brown's band, Stubblefield laid the groundwork for funk and inadvertently created the most sampled track of…