“And we don’t have bar mitzvahs / We become men the first time our fathers hit us, and we don’t open gifts up” I saw Brother Ali get booed once. He was opening for a reunited Brand Nubian in Baltimore ...

EXCLUSIVE: Q-Tip, the legendary rapper, producer, singer and lyricist, will be adding his hip-hop know-how to the Broadway-bound Ali, a musical about Muhammad Ali’s life in and out of the boxing ring.

There's been a lot of chatter lately in rap-critic circles about whether or not hip-hop's moment of relevance has passed. The records aren't moving bazillions of units like they used to, the sound ...

Also joining Teddy Abrams in the music department of ALI are Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and vocalist Casey Benjamin as Associate Music Producer, and Sean Mayes (MJ, Hadestown) as Music ...