Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born Aaron Dontez Yates, Tech N9ne embarked on a journey with the eccentric at an early age. His mother, diagnosed with lupus, ...

It may be hard to imagine in the modern, genre-less landscape, but there was once a time when rock and hip hop were on opposite sides of the musical map. Core to the format was reinvention – taking an ...

There are some fine metal bands visiting Connecticut this week, from the darkly improvisatory Puscifer to Michigan death metal icons The Black Dahlia Murder to the local nu-metal act Cheem. It’s also ...

After a 23-year run catapulted by Grammy-winning single “Heaven” and decorated with a Willie Nelson collaboration, CMT spotlight, and World Series National Anthem performance, the self-defined ...

"I don't know if I would call myself a metalhead, but I do like metal... so maybe I am?" Backxwash belies racialized stereotypes surrounding the preferences of young, Black listeners. You can hear an ...

Underground rap fans often discuss which artist is “next up” in breaking it into the mainstream. In recent years, artists such as Nine Vicious, Nettspend and OsamaSon have taken that leap in reaching ...

From the Kansas City rap group Black Mafia, artist Tech N9ne is a longtime rapper and the co-founder of music label Strange Music Inc. Fans of underground music are more familiar with Tech N9ne than ...