When hip-hop first started in 1973 at a party thrown by Clive Campbell, also known as DJ Kool Herc, it might have sounded different from the hip-hop we know today, but much of the groundwork has ...

When artists sample music, are they stealing or merely being creative and using the work in a new way? Before diving into my research on the art of sampling music, I’ll admit I was the person on the ...

New York City's most notable drill producers have defined themselves by the songs they sample, so much so that critics and fans alike have phrased the trend as "sample drill." Abe Beame Abe Beame ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Kelis has doubled down on accusations that Beyoncé sampled one of her ...

"Trap and drill music sampling the old school classics sucks. I have tried to listen to akina Ice Spice and some new Gen Z music with some 90s samples, but I just can't. Lots of bass and auto-tune and ...

Ozzy Osbourne slammed Kanye West for using a snippet of an old performance from his early solo days in a new song. The metal singer, 75, took to social media to let his fans know that he denied Yeezy, ...

Grammy award winning singer Burna Boy has claimed ignorance on the reuse of a portion of American singer Jeremih’s song in one of the songs on his seventh album. Burna Boy disclosed that he was ...

In June, Lupe Fiasco released his new album Samurai, which he told us all about. In that same interview, the rapper discussed Child Rebel Soldier, his old supergroup with Kanye West and Pharrell ...

Queen banned "gangster rap" artists from sampling their back catalogue amid fears it would "promote violence or abuse". Sir Brian May says the British rock band took a stance to say no to certain ...