The co-founder of Swishahouse helped kickstart the careers of rappers such as Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, Slim Thug, Mike ...

His passing was confirmed by a fellow group member and longtime collaborator, who turned to Instagram to break the ...

Low" leaned intently over a glowing digital controller, headphones on and head bobbing, as she mixed two tracks by New Order ...

“Houston lost a legend tonight,” Chris Hollins wrote. “DJ Michael Watts was one of the most influential contributors to ...

Is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song the biggest hip-hop song in history? DJ Jazzy Jeff thinks so. On Thursday (Jan. 29) ...

Houston hip-hop pioneer DJ Michael “5000” Watts, best known for helping popularize the city’s signature “chopped and screwed” ...

Houston hip-hop icon DJ Michael “5000” Watts, founder of Swishahouse Records, has been hospitalized due to serious health ...

Rap music made headlines for losing its Billboard chart dominance, but it's being celebrated more than ever at the 2026 ...

Maverick singer, Seun Kuti, has claimed that his father Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the late Afrobeat pioneer, also pioneered rap ...

Michael "5000" Watts, Swishahouse founder and Houston Hip-Hop pioneer, died Friday from heart complications after week-long ...

Released on January 30, 1996, Str8 Off Tha Streets of Muthaphukkin Compton marked the second and final solo album from Eazy E, arriving nearly a year after his passing and standing today as a powerful ...

DJ Mike T, a founding member and producer of the pioneering West Coast Hip-Hop group Compton’s Most Wanted, died, according to close friend MC Eiht. Mike T was instrumental in shaping the sound that ...