Hip-hop has always relied on sampling as a bridge between eras, a creative tool that connects past innovations with the present soundscape. But while sampling often serves as a tribute, it also comes ...

One of the major keys to Drake’s ongoing success is beat selection. Even when he was assembling early mixtapes from borrowed beats and instrumentals from then-unknown bedroom producers, the always guy ...

After "BBL Drizzy" was sampled in Sexyy Red and Drake's new single "U My Everything," it required a lawyer to create a procedure for clearing AI samples. It's never been done before. By Kristin ...