The 49-year-old says that he only took part in Dipset’s 2021 showcase against The LOX out of solidarity and to be “a team player.” During this juncture, Scott-Heron finished his Master’s Degree from ...

Better Than: The actual extended winter in America. When I got to the Fox, Zin played a set of funk and jazz mixed with soulful, hip-hop-inflected R&B. While the act sounded a bit like a jam band, ...

Gil Scott-Heron song. His early poetry was so poignant, and his Flying Dutchman albums like Pieces of a Manare still so moving. Gil Scott-Heron was already a published author with a master’s degree in ...

Gil Scott Heron is an iconic poet, author and musician whose spoken-word pieces “The Bottle” and “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” led to public and critical acclaim throughout the ’70s and early ...

In advance of his two shows this weekend (Saturday, May 2nd at The Oriental and Sunday, May 3rd at The Fox Theatre), we were able to have a few words with jazz/proto-hip-hop legend Gil Scott-Heron ...

Spoken-word pioneer Gil Scott-Heron, who always travels in his own time zone, finally made it to the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis -- 17 days and 32 minutes later than originally scheduled. Before a ...

“Kanye West was among those who paid respect to spoken word artist and “bluesologist” Gil Scott-Heron, who passed away at age 62 last week, at a memorial service in Harlem’s Riverside Church Thursday ...

Within hours of Gil Scott-Heron’s death, the tributes from rap superstars started pouring in. “He influenced all of hip-hop,” said Eminem. “We do what we do and how we do because of you,” said Public ...