To celebrate the golden anniversary of hip-hop, we rounded up 35 essential hits. These songs were hugely significant for the genre's growth and made an impact on the music industry. Our picks are ...

The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Gunna, Lil Dicky, Saweetie, and more. The third week of 2024 brought a few underground gems, along with some fun quirks like Lil ...

People­ enjoy hip hop for many reasons, and one unde­niable aspect is the appe­al of their music videos. The song, fe­atured on Notorious B.I.G’s second and final album Life Afte­r Death, is called ...

Kim Gordon is a woman of few words. But when those words hit – even in the form of a trivial packing list (“Hoodie, toothpaste, brush, foundation”) – they can cause a cultural rupture. Two years ago, ...

Twenty years ago, Three 6 Mafia’s Oscars triumph for “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” helped an uptight awards show loosen up.

“Rapper’s Delight” will always be considered the song that introduced hip-hop to the masses. The Sugarhill Gang classic with its tongue-twisting opening – “I said a-hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to ...

Kendrick Lamar only took home one award despite leading with 10 nominations. SZA, Doechii and The Weeknd dominated the Hip Hop and R&B categories with major wins. Eminem’s surprise win over Kendrick ...

Most people would never put Shakespeare and Kendrick Lamar in the same sentence. One composed sonnets for the Elizabethan ...

Rapper Chuck D, of Public Enemy fame, is one of several who agree that basketball greats and hip-hop excellence share a similar foundation.

NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the ...