The backlash to the booking of Kanye West as the headliner of a London music festival was nothing if not predictable.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It may sound like an April Fools' joke, but on April 1, 1986, a synth-pop song about Mozart complete with German rap verses was No ...

Afrika Bambaataa, the visionary DJ, rapper, producer, and activist and later faced multiple, widespread accusations of sexual ...

A German rap song about Mozart took the U.S. by storm. "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco topped US charts as a German-language synth-pop song in 1986. Falco called Mozart “the first punk,” comparing him to ...

The Bronx born rapper and DJ helped introduce hip-hop to the mainstream and was also accused of child sexual abuse ...

In 1986, the Austrian artist Falco made a huge splash on American shored. And he did it with, of all things, a song about ...

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There was a lot going on in the 1970s. These are three one-hit wonders from the 1970s that secretly chanted music forever.

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Afrika Bambaataa, one of hip-hop’s founding figures, has died at 67 due to cancer-related complications. While his ...

Concord announced its aims to grow hip-hop bona fides with the announcement of its partnership with Victor Victor Worldwide.

Afrika Bambaataa, a pioneer in hip-hop and electronic music in the 1970s and '80s, has died. Later in life, he was accused by several men of sexually abusing them when they were children.