Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay ...

The breakout Milwaukee rapper trades escapism for piercing vulnerability on "Took a Turn," which he spotlighted for the USA ...

Kid 'n Play and other hip-hop legends will be inducted into the National Hip-Hop Museum's Hall of Fame, followed by a concert ...

Hundreds of hip-hop songs deserve recognition for their meaning and their beats. But for now, in random order, are 50 essential hip-hop tracks to celebrate five decades of groundbreaking music.

HotNewHipHop closes February with top hip-hop releases, highlighting innovation, diversity, and the genre’s evolution.

Mixing hip-hop and house music, lifting liberally from James Brown background singer Lyn Collins’ 1971 song “Think About It,” Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock’s 1988 smash was also an ode to ...

Most music executives and CEOs prefer to shun the spotlight and would have their presence felt. However, there is a shortlist ...

Sens. Chuck Schumer and Bill Cassidy introduced legislation that will expand the celebration of Hip-Hop into August and ...

Few songs have ever arrived like a breath of fresh air in hip hop in the way that “Passin’ Me By” did. The Pharcyde was a West Coast hip hop group that arrived during the peak of gangsta rap.

As music critic Nelson George wrote, the song was a springboard, "heralding the 808 as the foundation of hip-hop's future and Run-D.M.C. as the genre's new kings." ...