Let’s go down memory lane for a bit. Twenty-eight years ago marked the release of MC Lyte’s seminal debut album, Lyte as a Rock. It was hip-hop’s first meaningful album from a female emcee. Twenty ...

Hip hop has never been bigger, but that scale comes with a different kind of pressure now. The genre sits at the center of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bun B has long been a trailblazer in both Hip Hop and Houston culture, but his influence extends far beyond music. Over the past ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If there was no beef with Kendrick Lamar, Drake would still be problematic. This is the biggest indictment of the fanbase and culture. How many more beefs did he need to engage in?

Afrika Bambaataa, one of the most influential architects of early hip hop, has died at 68 after prostate cancer complications ...

“I'm in the lion's den,” Questlove blurts out, before I can ask the first question, with a laugh that confirms he’s being eaten alive online. It was either the perfect pitch for a book that chronicles ...

Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner LL COOL J is taking viewers back to the genre's authentic New York roots with his new docuseries "Hip Hop Was Born Here," ...

April 27 in the world of  Hip Hop and R&B, connected decades of chart success, cultural influence, live performance ...