While the Digable Planets reunion treks on, that’s not all the members are up to this year. Butterfly is busy with Shabazz Palaces, and Ladybug Mecca is part of a new collective called BROOKZILL!

“You may remember her soft-as-silk flow during her days with Digable Planets, when “Rebirth of Slick” (Cool Like Dat) was a favorite during Hip Hop’s zenith. Ladybug Mecca has been in the process of ...

"Rip it ’til dawn, flip it ’til dawn. Hip Hop is the fix, or else we be gone" Ladybug Mecca, "Where I’m From" The mid-90’s saw a great change in Hip Hop as we knew it. Trading in Adidas for Timbs, and ...

It has been 21 years since Digable Planets—the distinctive ’90s jazz-rap trio—broke up after releasing two critically acclaimed studio albums and winning a Grammy for “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) ...

Hip-hop lovers know Ladybug Mecca as one-third of the short-lived Digable Planets, which released two albums, "Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)" in 1993 and "Blowout Comb," its follow-up ...

It was the summer of 1992, and Ladybug Mecca, Butterfly, and Doodlebug—collectively known as Digable Planets—were recording their debut album, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), commuting ...

Best known for their 1993 hit "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)," alternative rap group Digable Planets has announced plans for a reunion tour starting with the Sasquatch Music Festival in Washington ...

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Digable Planets embodied the “internet-cool aesthetic” before the internet was a thing. Their effortlessly charismatic approach to music landed them the No.15 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, a ...