If you were a kid in the 1990s, I bet at least one of these four songs influenced the music taste you have today.

Drake is the architect of modern melancholia and chart domination; his cultural footprint stretches from viral memes to ...

Eminem’s 2013 song 'The Monster,' featuring a guest spot from Rihanna, has surpassed one billion views on YouTube.

I watched a new era in Stockton’s hip-hop scene come of age. Moving to the Central Valley city in the early 2000s, I found a hip-hop community that was its own form of resistance. Smoldering ...

It’s spooky season and when October rolls around, hip-hop fans know the season is not just about costumes and candy, it is about eerie beats, dark storytelling, and the kind of energy that lives ...

Redman and Black Thought of the Roots talk about the art of lyricism, early hip-hop inspiration, skydiving, wellness, and more in this new interview.

Oct. 18 is associated with many culture-defining events in hip-hop and R&B. Ne-Yo was born on this day in 1979. One of the ...

Missy Elliott has *a lot* of classic songs, but one of them has been named the greatest hit of the century. On Wednesday, October 8, Rolling Stone released its list of the 250 Greatest Songs of the ...

When hip-hop was in its early stages, most people criticized the genre as being a fad. Yet, here we are over 50 years since its inception, and it's one of the most popular genres among fans.

Death is so common in hip-hop now that we don't even take time to mourn the deceased. The sudden departure of the BET Hip Hop Awards (HHA) from cable television was announced last month and it ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...