What was once the stuff of rap nerd fantasy has become the new normal. The collaborative hip-hop album—those mythical dream teams of your favorite two (or three) artists that so frequently failed to ...

Since its humble beginnings in the Bronx in 1973, hip-hop has evolved into one of the planet’s top musical genres, thanks in part to the boundary-pushing artists throughout its lifetime. Whereas ...

HIP-HOP WAS BORN IN THE BRONX IN the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout ...

The 2010s saw the rise of hip-hop/rap to levels of popularity that it has never seen before with its evolution into the wide array of sounds that are present today. The variety of sounds in today’s ...

It’s difficult to imagine this era of hip-hop stars thriving in a world without social media. Drake wouldn’t be @ChampagnePapi, Cardi B wouldn’t have gone viral off Instagram and Vine clips and Kanye ...

Hip-hop’s presence in the 2000s and the 2010s was decidedly larger than that of the previous two decades. The golden age of the 1990s, with its diversity of sound and establishment of legendary ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Sir Mix-a-Lot released his third LP, Mack Daddy. This was the Seattle-born rapper’s most successful project, housing his timeless hit single, “Baby Got Back.” Although ...

With just under four months left in 2024, there have already been more hip-hop songs to top Billboard‘s Hot 100 Songs (and as many rap albums on the 200 albums chart) than in all of 2023, the sign of ...

The accomplished screenwriter also worked on ‘NYPD Blue’ and ‘The Temptations.’ Although in recent times Drake’s cultural currency has been called into question, there’s no denying that he is one of ...