Carole King was born, The Beatles made their live U.S. television debut, Paul McCartney made his live debut with Wings, Madonna started a three-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with 'Like A ...

but each arrived in the city from elsewhere. Butterfly floated in from Seattle, playing basketball at U Mass-Amherst en route. Doodlebug and Ladybug Mecca from Howard University, and the flourishing ...

Digable Planets, the hip-hop trio most notable for its 1993 Grammy-winning single, "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)," performed at the Marin County Fair at San Rafael's Marin Center on Sunday evening ...

I’ve long had this fascination and curiosity about Digable Planets, the ‘90s-era rap group made up of Butterfly aka Ish, Ladybug Mecca aka Mecca and Doodlebug aka C-Knowledge, that gave us one of ...

Jazz has again begun to find its way into mainstream Hip-Hop. With the success of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, more artists have started to incorporate the classic brass and string jazz sound ...

Digable Planets said their New Year’s Eve show in Seattle would be the first of a few reunion shows, which then led to announced festival appearances at Sasquatch and Pitchfork. They’ve now announced ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I’ve long had this fascination and curiosity about Digable Planets, the ...