When historians look back at turn-of-the-century music at the dawn of Y2K, Jonathan Smith’s name will surely be mentioned. How could it not? He’s a composer, producer, and musician who has been ...

Since the late 1990s, Atlanta producer Jonathan “Lil Jon” Smith has gone from pioneering crunk music, an energetic style of hip-hop fueled by 808 drum patterns and loud chants, to becoming an ...

"The music is, like, evolving," he adds. Though crunk music has been around for more than a decade, Lil Jon -- a former record executive by the name of Jonathan Smith -- may be most responsible for ...

There was a time when the hip-hop industry was committed to the East Coast and West Coast’s longstanding war over sonic dominance. For most, the genre was always powered by two sounds: from the East, ...

ATLANTA — ONE Musicfest has announced its star-studded lineup for 2024 that will include Atlanta icon T.I., Young Dro, Trillville, Gunna, F.L.Y., the Eastside Boyz, Crime Mob, Young Bloodz, Dru Hill, ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Twenty years ago, an Atlanta poetry collective released a ...

The lyrics "North Carolina, come on and raise up," might as well be the unofficial anthem of the Tar Heel State. And the rapper who wrote and spoke them will soon obtain a bit of immortality. Petey ...

Lil Jon has opened up about crunk music’s infectious energy and what inspired it. Appearing on the New York Times’ Popcast, the Atlanta rapper revealed that punk music and a love for skateboarding ...

Talk about a plot twist! Lil Jon, the king of crunk himself, has just taken a spiritual detour and embraced Islam, which was announced right on Twitter (I’m never calling it X). Now, he reportedly ...

The 10-track album will become available on Friday, Feb. 16. Rapper and producer Lil Jon is set to release a guided meditation album later this month. Lil Jon is famously known for his contributions ...