It started in a smoky trap house in East Oakland, teens banging on a table, freestyling about scrounging up enough cash to ...

Jim Jones’ solo albums reflect his evolution from Dipset enforcer to Harlem rap icon. Standout projects highlight his lyrical ...

Luther Vandross didn’t just sing love songs. He invented the kind of vocals that make you want to text your ex, light a ...

You may already know that hip-hop didn’t start with platinum albums and sold-out stadium concerts. It began in the streets ...

Missy Elliott is a legend, the best-selling female rapper of all time and the first to be inducted into the Rock and Roll ...

On Sunday, Dupri will lead a tribute to Jones as part of a new “Essence Flowers” series at the festival. The show will ...

For fans looking to watch Doechii's exciting Glastonbury debut, she'll be heading onto the West Holts stage on Saturday, June ...

In the heart of Baltimore sits a place where the catfish is so perfectly fried that people plan entire day trips around it—Hip Hop Fish & Chicken, where seafood and soul food collide in a symphony of ...

The first few bars of the song are instantly recognisable for hip-hop fans as it was sampled as the opening riff on Dr Dre's seminal 2000 track The Next Episode, which also features OGs Snoop Dogg ...

It’s a form of truth-telling, healing, and collective action. “ Hip hop is about waking people up,” Crush said. “ They’ve taken the message out of the music. We’re here to put it back in.” From the ...

Drake put $600,000 on the Thunder to defeat the Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Doing so would name the Oklahoma City Thunder as NBA champions for the first time. If the Thunder win, ...

The seventh New Haven Hip-Hop Conference held Thursday, June 19, was one of the events in the city's 12th annual Juneteenth celebration.