Through immersing himself in the evolving world of music tech, Luis Acevedo (aka Style) found a growing interest in the ...

Celebration of Flavour, Sound, and Guinness Ghana at 65In just a few weeks, Smirnoff in the Mix has gone from a fresh concept ...

Trailblazing DJ Kid Capri was among the first to make his own mixtapes at home to sell them on the streets. Legions soon followed, each with their own unique style and approach.

He is still a mixtape titan. 5. DJ Premier. The former Gang Starr member became well-known for creating the East Coast Hip Hop scene's sample-driven landscape in the 1990s.

The entry-level controller weighs less than two pounds and features eight effects pads including a built-in sampler.

In 1981, Toni Morrison famously said, “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” Director and filmmaker Malik K. Buie is more of a movie ...

DJ White Owl was an influential presence on the mixtape scene for almost a decade. He premiered tracks by Lil Wayne during the rapper's influential "mixtape Weezy" era.

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Known as "The Mixtape King", DJ Drama's 'Gangsta Grillz' mixtape series helped solidify him as one of Hip-Hop's most prolific DJs. We had a chance to chat with the infamous DJ about the evolution ...

Pride yourself on being an individual. I adored and saluted so many mixtape DJs on the way up, but I made it a point to say I don’t want to be like them — in a respectful way.

New Jersey’s DJ Juice, a hip-hop mixtape pioneer, has died. SiriusXM and LL Cool J’s Rock the Bells Radio reports that Juice, born Brian Short, was 54. Starting in the ’90s, the award ...

Mixtapes from mainstream hip hop artists are now being produced in studio quality and released officially, essentially blurring the line between a studio album and a mixtape. “The role of the DJ ...