De La Soul’s Vincent “Maseo” Mason is chatting with Yahoo Entertainment ahead of this weekend’s Blue Note Jazz Festival in Napa, Calif., where his famously boundary- and envelope-pushing hip-hop group ...

"It was playful, childlike and fun. "At no point did we think what we were doing would end up being so revolutionary." It's indicative of what can happen when creative freedom and enthusiasm are let ...

On November 21, De La Soul’s surviving members, Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer and Vincent “DJ Maseo” Mason, shocked fans by denouncing Marcus J. Moore’s new biography, High and Rising: A Book About De La ...

This article originally appeared in the November 1993 issue of SPIN. It was easy for me to hate Saturday Night Live pre-Eddie Murphy—sometimes even post-Eddie. Garrett Morris needed his personal ...

Before De La Soul, says Hank Shocklee, “‘beautiful’ and ‘rap’ weren’t two words that went together.” Shocklee would know: As a founding member of Public Enemy’s production team, the Bomb Squad, he’s ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. (L-R) Kelvin Mercer ...

Streaming platforms were initially sold as an all-encompassing music library — every song at one's fingertips! — yet there are inevitable gaps within their discographies. For hip-hop fans, few ...

With their clever, surrealistic lyrics, inventive use of sampling and incorporating an eclectic mix of reggae, funk, jazz, fashion and psychedelia into their sound, New York-based DE LA SOUL are one ...

The hip-hop trio's early classics finally arrive on streaming services. By Ron Hart With clever wordplay, a quirky sense of humor and an imaginative way of utilizing samples, De La Soul have long been ...