XXL: Initially, how did you get involved with Macklemore for “Downtown”? Melle Mel: Well, initially the call came from Big Daddy Kane. Kane is good friends with Macklemore's manager [Josh Dick] and ...

After a long break from recording, rap pioneer Kool Moe Dee has announced that he is working on a new album. "The old school tours are fine," Kool Moe Dee explained. "They get my feet wet. But from ...

1989: Kool Moe Dee dropped off his third studio album, Knowledge Is King, which was an instant classic. Kool Moe Dee, born Mohandas Dewese, was present from the start of hip-hop's emergence as a ...

Let’s take a break from all the doom and gloom in Hip Hop as of late and take moment to give out the flowers where their due … Grandmaster Caz, Roxanne Shante, and Kool Moe Dee are set to be honored ...

While Kool Moe is preparing to release his book, “There’s A God on The Mic,” pioneering hip-hop photographer Ernie Paniccioli may be filing a lawsuit against the rapper, for not paying for images used ...

Mohandas Dewese (born August 8, 1962), better known by his stage name Kool Moe Dee, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and college graduate from SUNY Old Westbury with a BA in Communications. He ...

Kool Moe Dee, known for such hip-hop hits as "Wild Wild West," "How Ya Like Me Now" and "I Go to Work," is the headlining act for the inaugural Levitt Amp Chattanooga Music Series at the Bessie Smith ...

Grammy winner Kool Moe Dee is set to bring a cool factor to NYC Homecoming Week. The pioneering rapper from Harlem will help lead Monday’s concert at the Bronx’s Orchard Beach as one of the performers ...

On October 8, The Hip-Hop Museum of Washington, DC is hosting a distinguished induction ceremony. Several legendary acts from the culture will be honored at the event. Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…..

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) A hip-hop legend ...

Harlem native Mohandas “Kool Moe Dee” DeWese is best remembered for his ever-present hats and shades, but it’s his resistance to hip-hop clichés which fortifies his legacy. Anti-drugs and alcohol and ...

Hip-hop icon Lovebug Starski has passed away at 57. Hip-hop icon Lovebug Starski has passed away at 57. Released around the time mainstream America first started to fall in love with hip-hop, 1984's ...