Two musical acts have already distanced themselves from the decidedly D-list and Trump-friendly Great American State Fair.

It Takes Two rapper Rob Base died at 59 after a battle with cancer. His music, made with his childhood friend DJ E-Z Rock, filled dancefloors.

Robert Ginyard, the Harlem-born rapper who performed as Rob Base and created one of hip-hop’s most enduring anthems, died Friday at age 59 after battling cancer, PEOPLE reports. Ginyard died ...

A man faces a possible sentencing of eight years behind bars for his role in a crash that left a man dead in downtown ...

John McClain, a co-executor of Michael Jackson‘s estate, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday. He was 71. Diana Baron, a representative of the estate, confirmed McClain’s death. The cause was complications ...

Sonny Rollins shaped jazz and hip-hop alike, leaving producers decades of soulful grooves to sample after a lifetime of fearless artistry.

Rapper Rob Base, who scored a hit with the 1988 hip-hop classic “It Takes Two” with DJ E-Z Rock, died on Friday. He was 59. Base, who helped bring hip-hop into the mainstream of music during the late ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rob Base, a rapper and one half of the Harlem hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, has died after a battle ...

Born Robert Ginyard in May 1967, Base grew up in Harlem and met DJ E‑Z Rock while the two were still in grade school, ...

The Palestinian rapper and DAM co-founder discusses John Lennon, his solo album, and using hip-hop to tell stories of grief, ...

Willie Puckett Jr., New Orleans bounce dancer and rapper, has died at 50. The scene is remembering his records and moves.