“The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes,” rapped Nas on his 1994 classic “N.Y. State of Mind.” Like other underground genres that hit their stride in the ...

From block parties to Billboard charts, hip hop has never been one thing. This guide breaks down the major styles from old school pioneers and G-Funk grooves to modern-day drill, trap, and grime. Hip ...

There was hardly a better time to be an aspiring rapper coming out of Chicago than 2012. That year, label scouts began flocking to the city like never before, allured by Chief Keef’s thunderous ...

2024 was a crazy year, but it was actually a really good year for Hip-Hop. Check out some of the best albums of the year, but we left space for you to tell us YOUR favorite! 2024 was an insane year ...

RED LAKE, Minn. -- Hip-hop legend Chuck D once said "rap is CNN for black people," and local hip-hop artist Thomas X says he wants to be the "CNN for Native people" with his music. His given name is ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Aug 9, 2024 at 8:47 am August 9, 2024 at 9:51 am ...

Websites offering up free — and not always legal — music flourished in the gap between the fall of the CD era and the rise of streaming. Keeping those archives intact is proving difficult. By Brian ...

38 Spesh previously claimed the Yonkers legend was afraid to record with him. “Rap City was a religion. The hosts were the disciples,” former Def Jam President Kevin Liles said in Welcome To Rap City.

NEW YORK – Hip-hop went all in for its 50th birthday celebration. Hip-hop luminaries lit up the Hip Hop 50 Live concert stage on Friday and fired up the crowd at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, the home ...

Women have always been a part of hip-hop history — from the culture's B-girl days to its birth in the Bronx, NY, to today's era that sees femcees putting rap on their backs. The culture doesn't move ...

Much like Mama Tried, Coyo is not strictly a rap club, but the Wynwood location beloved by locals has always carried a little extra nightlife magic. Hidden behind the casual taco shop front is that ...