Drawing the biggest crowd ever for a homegrown hip-hop act at the Minnesota State Fair grandstand was just one of many reasons Saturday’s concert by Atmosphere felt like a truly big deal. After ...

Atmosphere’s rapper Slug didn’t harbor any aspirations that he and producer Ant would have a long career when they started releasing music 39 years ago. Their hometown of Minneapolis wasn’t exactly a ...

Before picking up a microphone and putting lyrics to the beats of Anthony Davis, AKA Ant, Sean Michael Daley was a courier driver, loving every second of it. “I was delivering stuff, and I probably ...

Atmosphere & Friends: Minnesota will perform at the Minnesota State Fair's Grandstand Stage on Aug. 23. The lineup includes Atmosphere, Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco, The Pharcyde and DJ Abilities.

From college radio stations in 1996 to Epitaph and MTV in the 2000s, Atmosphere heralded the wave of introspective underground rap. The prolific duo, rapper Sean Daley (Slug) and producer Anthony ...