Jack Harlow, Tink, Fivio Foreign, and Paul Woolford have all succeeded at getting Beyoncé samples to clear. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images, Prince ...

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...

Whether you want to sample a metal riff for a rap track or need a tasty arrangement for a Beatles tune, these choices have a big impact on a song. When Paul McCartney penned “Yesterday” in 1965, ...

In the late 1970s, disco died — or did it? Certainly, many of the artists most associated with the genre, like ABBA and Donna Summer, receded from view around 1980. However, shortly thereafter, a ...

If you’ve ever wondered how much it can really cost you to sample a song without permission, Sean “Diddy” Combs has an answer for you, and it might surprise you—in fact, it seems to have even ...

Music lovers have been given a collaboration they didn't know they needed with Kanye "Ye" West teasing a new song that sampled a Backstreet Boys hit. A video shared on the X, formerly Twitter, by ...