In one of the more transformative events of 2025, the Your Shot DJ Academy & Competition opens up the world of DJ instruction ...

How do DJs and MCs coax people onto the dance floor at office parties, bat mitzvahs and weddings? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to an MC, Chris Schultz, about the best tricks for working the crowd.

Twitch is finally giving DJs a place to get paid for streaming their sets—and compensate the artists they spin. Its limited catalog of songs and opaque earnings plan may leave some streamers cold.

Two hip-hop icons deliver a heartwarming collaboration on Light-Years, the final installment in Mass Appeal's “Legend Has It…” series Yet the overriding feeling of Light-Years is of two elder ...

The long-promised collaborative album between hip-hop luminaries Nas and DJ Premier finally hits on the last major new music ...

Watch out, Google, Bing, and ChatGPT: Spotify is the latest tech company to launch a big, new AI feature. And it's something completely different: an AI DJ. The DJ — which uses a combination of ...

Twenty years into his career, DJ Drama keeps his beloved mixtape series Gangsta Grillz alive as one of hip-hop’s great cross-generational creators. Interview: Peter A. Berry Editor’s Note: This story ...

Humans want fundamentally incompatible things from music services. "We want to listen to all the stuff that everyone likes, but also only the stuff that we like," said New Yorker staff writer Kelefa ...

A mixer is one of the most vital elements of any DJ setup. Mixers are, quite literally, the centre-piece of any DJ booth – the thing that allows tracks to be mixed and manipulated. Essentially, it’s ...

When Justin Bieber appeared onstage at a Las Vegas nightclub last week for a surprise performance alongside a popular DJ, the crowd — and the DJ — went wild. That was until they learned the man was ...

Spotify on Wednesday upgraded its AI DJ feature — available to Premium subscribers — with a handful of new features, including the ability to send in your requests by typing, not just using voice ...