Scott-Heron’s first two studio releases, beginning in 1971, were collaborations with Brian Jackson, a composer, keyboardist and flutist he first met at Lincoln University, a historically black college ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) NEW YORK (AP) – ...

Musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron, whose biting and lyrical fusion of verse and rhythm made him a formidable forefather of rap and hip-hop, died Friday in New York. He was 62. Scott-Heron had become ...

"I've been down in New York City, brother, ain't no place I ain't been down," sang Gil Scott-Heron at Blues Alley Friday night. The lyric has acquired an ironic edge since the jazz poet last performed ...

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 ...