Remembering the hip-hop artist (and New York City firefighter), who died over the weekend at 52. By Jon Caramanica One of the great joys of being a pop music critic is being able to ingest an artist’s ...

There is no more brilliant musician and lyricist than Edward Ka-Spel, the leader of the Legendary Pink Dots who turns 58 years old today. Ka-Spel has appeared on something like 50 albums in his ...

Walking down 125th Street yesterday, I passed a white kid in a Cam’ron T-shirt who looked about Killa Season years old and thought about the power of rap to move a listener who did not experience the ...

“The quiet kept me inspired,” boasts Ka on “Knighthood,” and the song proves it. Ka, from Brownsville, Brooklyn, is a rapper-producer who thrives in silence and stillness. On his excellent new album, ...