Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nirvana’s 10 Best Cover Songs “You get treated like you’re invisible here,” says MC Specs, the so-called “Holy Ghost of NW Hip-Hop ...

Over the next two decades, Rodriguez — now better known as “Nasty Nes” or “the Crazy Pinoy” — became a key figure in Seattle’s music scene and beyond. Among his accomplishments from that time: DJing ...

United more by strategy than sound, the city's stars are fans-first nonconformists, who have often succeeded by doing the opposite of what the... As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip ...

For people who lived in Seattle during the 1980s—of a certain age and demographic—the name "Nasty" Nes Rodriguez holds especially profound significance. He DJ’d for some of Seattle’s first rappers, ...

It's summer vacation week on Sounside. But that doesn't mean we're out of your podcast feed. Senior producer Gabrielle Healy shares some of her favorite recent Soundside segments. We’re talking about ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, we celebrate the birth of a man who loved asses more than most without shame, Six Mix-a-Lot. Although some may only know him for his timeless crossover mega-hit, “Baby ...

SEATTLE — Grammy-winning Seattle rap star Macklemore is using his personal story of pain and addiction to help teens in recovery. The musician, real name Ben Haggarty, has been vocal about his ...

A pair of Seattle brothers rapped about being cold blooded killers, and they may have been just that. 97.3 KIRO FM’s Brandi Kruse reports: Ondrell Harding raps of drugs, sex and the street life. In a ...

“You get treated like you’re invisible here,” says MC Specs, the so-called “Holy Ghost of NW Hip-Hop,” and co-founder of the legendary Elevators. “It’s a theme in a lot of my songs. It’s been a thing ...