Photo: Rogash/Getty(Ortiz), Trotman/Getty(Jay-Z) The heated Yankees-Red Sox rivalry has branched into the rap game. Jay-Z, a diehard Yankees fan who even wore the team’s cap on the cover of Kingdom Come, is suing Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz for allegedly using the name...

‘A lot of times I consult Kanye on names, and he gave me the blessing,’ A-Trak says of his frequent collaborator.By Adam Murphy Duck Sauce’s A-Trak and Armand Van Helden Photo: MTV News Thirty years down the line, it’s easy to forget that hip-hop began with DJs...

I don’t know how the people who made this record ever got through it. I mean I’ve some idea of how you record a song, and usually it requires several million listens to the same three minutes, adding bits, taking bits away, polishing, until it’s finally perfect. I only have...