Wizz Jones may not be a household name but he came out of the same scene as Eric Clapton and influenced everyone from Keith ...

Dres Tha Beatnik, a beloved figure in Atlanta’s underground hip-hop scene and a respected cultural ambassador, has passed ...

The rap community is mourning the loss of Atlanta Hip-Hop staple D.R.E.S. Tha Beatnik, who died on Monday (June 9). From ...

Hip-Hop Wired examines the life and legacy of Philadelphia-born, Atlanta-based Hip-Hop icon, Andre "Dres Tha Beatnik" Lett.

Atlanta mourns the loss of D.R.E.S. Tha Beatnik (Divine Real Essence of Sound), affectionately known as "Dres the Beatnik," ...

D.R.E.S. Tha Beatnik, Atlanta’s beloved hip-hop icon and beatboxer, passes away after battle with kidney disease.

Dres, whose real name was Andre Lett, announced he had kidney disease in March and underwent multiple surgeries. However, an ...

Saturday, filmmaker Mike McCarthy will present his latest work, "Beatnik Manor," at the Malco Studio on the Square. The movie is a documentary, culled from footage captured in the early 1970s by ...

Musically Exquisite, Lyrically Explicit - Artistically Evocative, Socially Provocative - the Beatnik Preachers meld a blistering style of jazz with original beat-poetry to form a unique ensemble that ...