Coco Jones is off to a great start in 2025. Her single “Here We Go (Uh Oh)” leads Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay for a fifth consecutive week on the chart dated Jan. 11. The soulful track, which ...

There was a period in the early aughts when Definitive Jux (nee: Def Jux) seemed like it was going to be the future of hip ...

As the United States marks its 250th year of independence, we trace how an island of fewer than three million people rewired American pop culture, one bassline at a time. There is a strange and ...

Bronx before it became a global movement — including some perspective from rap critic and native New Yorker Alphonse Pierre on why it's still best when close to home. Hip-hop’s origin story is ...

Yung Miami’s single, “Spend Dat,” reached No. 25 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100. This marks the best performance of her ...

Forty-four years ago today, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five accomplished exactly that with the release of “The Message,” a groundbreaking single that forever changed the direction of Hip Hop.

Creative Director Andy Mac details Akai’s legacy, the revival of its iconic product line, and the viral craze surrounding the ...

Radio giant iHeartMedia unveiled a format change Monday for one of its Alabama stations.

Produced entirely by the legendary Marley Marl, Long Live The Kane marked the explosive arrival of the Brooklyn-bred ...

We offer up a goldmine of beats, loops, one-shots and multi-samples inspired by hip-hop's heyday, complete with vinyl crackle ...

Pooh Shiesty stays locked up while prosecutors argue he's too dangerous to release pending his February 2027 trial in the ...

State fair fans will have two chances this summer to see hip-hop artist Wiz Khalifa in concert. Khalifa will perform at 8 p.m ...