On this date in Hip Hop history, Cleveland’s own Bone Thugs-N-Harmony released their second studio album E. 1999 Eternal through Ruthless Records, marking a defining moment for the group and the genre ...

2012: Young and hungry, Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ dropped his debut mixtape 1999 on June 12, 2012. After garnering attention online for two years and releasing the Progressive Era crew project The ...

A fantastic hook can transform a song from good to amazing and rescue an otherwise poor song from disaster. In hip-hop, the chorus is the anchor that grounds the song. While lyrical prowess and ...

For Black History Month this year, Rémy Martin teams up with XXL to celebrate 10 important moments in hip-hop history. Through the years, Rémy Martin has created a synonymous relationship between ...

In 2010, I was watching a documentary of St. Louis rapper, Nelly. While speaking about his diamond-selling debut album, Country Grammar, he said something along the lines of, 'You have your whole life ...

The Hip Hop Years is a three part series of one hour television documentaries, made for Channel 4 in 1999. The series was devised by David Upshal who produced, directed and narrated the series. He ...

While it’s impossible to distill a history as rich as hip hop’s down to just 50 defining moments, here are many of the music’s game-changing artists and achievements over the past 50 years: Aug. 11, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It was 1979 when The Sugar Hill Gang released "Rapper's Delight," a ...

On this date in Hip Hop history, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, released their 2nd LP E. 1999 Eternal on Ruthless Records Four months after the death of rapper/executive producer Eazy-E, Cleveland rap quartet ...