Digable Planets play Blue Note LA on March 25–26, delivering their smooth fusion of jazz rap and ’90s hip-hop cool. Expect ...

Jazz has again begun to find its way into mainstream Hip-Hop. With the success of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, more artists have started to incorporate the classic brass and string jazz sound ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Source: Getty Images/Illustration by Aisha Yousaf for Yahoo) The Digable Planets didn’t have any grand scheme to introduce a ...

Digable Planets is one of the most influential and intellectual rap groups to come out of the ’90s. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Digable Planets Grammy-winning rap trio Digable Planets will play San ...

BRIC is joining in on celebrating hip-hop turning 50. On Friday, the company announced their plans to celebrate the anniversary of hip-hop’s creation with two days of what they call a “thoughtful, ...

Thirty years ago, three outer-space insects crashed down on Earth to “resurrect the funk” — or so goes the story on Digable Planets’ Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), one of the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 29: Digable Planets and The Roots perform onstage during the BET Experience - Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop ...

Festivals like Ultra and III Points usually dominate Miami’s attention, but a road trip north lies a different world entirely. Since 2013, Hulaween has transformed the 800-acre Spirit of the Suwannee ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Digable Planets — the Brooklyn-based rap trio of Butterfly, Ladybug Mecca ...

Jazz has again begun to find its way into mainstream Hip-Hop. With the success of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, more artists have started to incorporate the classic brass and string jazz sound ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Feb. 9, 1993: Digable Planets were among a new wave of rap artists integrating jazz and hip-hop into their repertoire. Thirty years ago, on this ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I’ve long had this fascination and curiosity about Digable Planets, the ...