The Harlem MC who made history as Freestyle Friday’s first undefeated champion has died, leaving hip-hop mourning a true ...

The rapper, whose new mixtape is expected to release this week, draws millions of listeners and has managed to rile up the ...

Eddie Murphy’s first serious role in ‘Vampire in Brooklyn’ triggered a 30-year feud with SNL and David Spade. Here’s how it all unfolded.

An iconic rap star has fired back at the critics of the NFL's Super Bowl 60 Halftime Show pick this week. The NFL announced in late September that Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican rapper and singer, would ...

The murder of rapper Dolla reverberated throughout the music industry on Tuesday as police sought a motive for the brazen killing. The aspiring Southern hip-hop artist, whose real name was Roderick ...

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 ...

Hip-hop is officially middle-aged, but its mortality is hardly in question. Half a century after the genre’s birth, the GRAMMY Museum celebrated the lovechild of funk and DJ culture with an expansive ...

Nearly two decades after declaring “Hip Hop Is Dead,” rap icon Nas is giving credit where it’s due. In a recent reflection, ...

Gucci Mane is the focus of a new documentary that revisits the disputed origins of Trap music and his former group S.Y.S.

There’s no question that Cazwell’s music sits comfortably alongside a tradition of raunch in hip-hop. He could be on a ...

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.