In 1970, Gil Scott-Heron became one of the godfathers of hip-hop with the release of his debut album, Small Talk at 125th & Lenox. His playful wit and incisive rhetoric developed more fully on later ...

Today, XL announces that they will release a posthumous Gil Scott-Heron album called Nothing New on April 19 for Record Store Day, limited to 3,000 12″ vinyls. Read about the album’s origins below, ...

Gil Scott-Heron, the poet and musician who was a primary influence for generations of hip-hop artists, died on May 27 at the age of 62. Scott-Heron has been called "the Godfather of Hip Hop music," ...

DC punk legends Scream are gearing up to release DC Special, their first album in 30 years, in just a couple weeks. They’ve just made a video for the album’s first single / opening track, “DC Special ...

While he was known as “Pops” to Rumal Rackley, Gil Scott-Heron was a cultural and musical icon, known for his eloquent lyrics and spoken words that inspired generations of artists, including Chuck D, ...

When drummer and producer Makaya McCraven got a call inviting him to rework Gil Scott-Heron’s final record, he recognized the magnitude of the task. He knew a lot about Scott-Heron, the poet, novelist ...

Perhaps most famous for his composition “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” ’70s and ’80s spoken-word artist Gil Scott-Heron has had a wide-reaching influence on hip-hop. Now that influence is ...

Listen to Slate’s show about Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, the death of “Godfather of Rap” Gil Scott-Heron, and playwright David Mamet’s dramatic swing to the political right.