Twenty years ago, the dominant (read: mainstream) music scenes contained, among many things, sonic extremes: On one side of the spectrum, you had commercial nü metal, a.k.a. the Linkin Parks and the ...

Born on this day in 1972, Jonathan Smith—better known as Lil Jon—is one of Hip Hop’s most vibrant and unforgettable personalities. As a rapper, producer, DJ, and actor, Lil Jon was instrumental in ...

What is crunk? It's get-people-on-the-dance-floor club music that combines synthesizers, modified electric guitars, machine sounds, and a few catchy lyrics layered over booming bass lines. No one does ...

"The energy from these records, that's what makes crunk so popular; that's why it's winning, because it makes you move a certain way," says Lil Jon, sounding far more mellow than his bellowing stage ...

NEW YORK — With its irresistible hip-hop beats and shouted refrains, crunk music incites a fervor in fans that's reminiscent of a religious experience. ‘‘I would define crunk as more of a spirit,'' ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Atlanta’s self-proclaimed King of Crunk, Lil Jon made world ...

After back-to-back multi-platinum albums in 2002 and 2004 with Kings Of Crunk and Crunk Juice respectively, Lil Jon set his eyes on a lofty goal: to craft an album combining his patented Crunk sound ...

Oft-imitated king of crunk Lil Jon will guest-DJ at Mansion this Friday for the weekly We Rock Hip Hop party. You’ll get a taste of the crunk juice that’s made the performer one of the most ...

The King of Crunk Music (a subgenre of rap over club beats born in the south) and Atlanta native Lil Jon blessed a diverse crowd of fans from nearly every race on the grid during his DJ set at The ...

Atlanta rapper Jonathan “Lil Jon” Smith, 54, is wowing his online followers by showing off his muscular build in the gym. On Aug. 18, the widely known ‘King of Crunk’ uploaded footage of himself ...

UrbanDictionary.com states this as another way of saying that you're going to "get a little crazy and a little drunk." Don't worry too much about your children listening to the Kings of Crunk in their ...