9th Wonder

The Hip Hop duo that is Capone N' Noreaga ( CNN ) recently filmed themselves preparing for an upcoming show with Raekwon : playing arcade golf, recording in a hotel studio, and more. Read More

Of the nearly 200 albums released in the Triangle this year, hip-hop artists issued fewer than a dozen, and that's being charitable. Read More

It's a tough world out there for sequel albums. Read More

Percee P, another vet in the game, spent his early career dropping freestyles with Organized Konfusion and DITC. Read More

Kicking start season 3, Maestro heads down to North Carolina and met up with 9th Wonder, one of the quintessential producers in Hip-Hop whose portfolio included Destiny's Child and Jay-Z. Other than having North Carolina sandwiches and surviving the rainy weather, Maestro and 9th Wonder talked about Fruit Loops, the latter's "Sampling Soul" class at Duke University, what constitutes good music (Soul, of course), and 9th Wonder cooked up some beats for Maestro's new intro. Read More

That hip-hop producers Pete Rock and DJ Premier remain among the most musically and culturally important in hip-hop's lifespan isn't up for debate—only celebration. Read More

It doesn't matter whether a hip-hop show is large or small, but it's highly likely that the term "Real hip hop" will be tossed about by anyone with a microphone to anyone listening. Read More

Wale condemns gold-digging women on this 9th Wonder-produced gem. Read More

Born Patrick Denard Douthit in Winston-Salem, NC on January 15, 1975, 9th Wonder is a Grammy Award-winning producer, DJ, college lecturer and social activist. Read More

I hit play on my mp3 player and Pac Div's 'Church League Champions' mixtape surged up through the earphones. Read More