DJ Premier

PRhyme Makes Chelsea in 2015 Feel Like New York in 1996

Soaked in spotlights, DJ Premier hulked over his turntables and chided the Highline Ballroom crowd with one of the worst insults you can possibly hurl at a New Yorker. He told them Boston had cheered louder. He got what he wanted: “PRhyme! PRhyme! PRHYME!”

By Damian Ghigliotty

DJ Premier Reflects on D&D Studios in His Last Days There

After nearly 25 years, the iconic D&D Studios on the fourth floor of 320 West 37th Street is shutting its doors. The recording den, where Rakim, KRS-One, Jay Z, Nas and Gang Starr made some of hip-hop’s most canonized songs, will come to a close in 2015 due to new building ownership.

By Damian Ghigliotty

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