Seven years ago Smif-N-Wessun slipped off the rap map. After scoring a hit single, “Get Up,” with Talib Kweli in 2001, the Brooklyn duo seemed to disappear. But when Tek and Steele shoot into Harpers ...

Just ahead of the 30th anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut album, Dah Shinin’, Smif-N-Wessun announce the launch of “Still Shinin’,” a tour that takes them from Brooklyn to Borlänge, ...

The Bronx may be where hip-hop was created, but Brooklyn has always been a key influence in helping cultivate what rap fans have come to know as swag. Home to arguably three of the top 10 MC's of ...

Boot Camp Clik members Smif N Wesson are gearing up for the release of their fourth studio project The Album. The Duckdown Records release, which is the follow up to the group’s 2005 effort Reloaded, ...

On the latest episode of “Drink Champs,” N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN sat down with hip hop duo Smif-N-Wessun — composed of Tek and Steele — to discuss hip hop’s 50th birthday, the East Coast-West Coast beef, ...

The legendary Brooklyn duo, Smif-N-Wessun, will return with their fourth LP on October 23 entitled The Album. Comprised of Tek N Steele, Smif-N-Wessun entered the hip-hop game in 1995 with their ...

Do the math. New York s own Smif N Wessun has been putting in that work for a long time. Making their introduction on Black Moon s Enta Da Stage, the duo hit hard with their gritty back and forth ...

Did you know Tupac was planning to open an L.A. restaurant before he died? It was to be called Powamekka Cafe, a play on the words “power” and “Mecca,” and billed as a “passionate paradise 4 people ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Jan. 10, 1995:: Brooklyn, N.Y. rap duo Smif-N-Wessun made their full-fledged introduction to the rap world when they dropped their debut album, Dah ...

Celebrating 30 Years Since Their Groundbreaking Debut, Dah Shinin' I wanted to make sure that it didn't sound dated. It sounds like them (Smif-N-Wessun) but it's also new. They are our generation's ...