As a hip-hop marking exec recently said, the mixtape game is a must-do for both rappers already on and those trying to get on. For those already on, it’s a form of branding and keeping their names in ...

Hip-hop music is celebrating 50 years, and since its inception the impact it’s had on a generation has been never-ending. Since it first began, the genre has always been a way to allow young people to ...

Lamar’s diss tracks extend the long-running view that Drake, a Jewish and Black Canadian, isn’t Black enough, writes the author a new book on Jewish performers and race. (JTA) — Breathless headlines ...

(CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at ...

We all have heard the songs by 50 Cent, Nelly, or other artists mentioned above, and if someone wondered about the inspiration sources for the lyrics that featured gambling, they now know the answer.

“I’m not here looking for followers, I’m looking for new leaders,” conscious rapper Talib Kweli proclaimed in a freestyle as a capacity crowd crammed into Fubar, 3108 Locust St. in St. Louis, on the ...

Even if you’re not the biggest hip-hop head, you probably heard this song around the time it came out. It was everywhere, after all. “Watch Me (Whip)” by Silento was the hot new dance craze tune back ...

This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: '73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre's 50th anniversary. While there are a lot of rappers who collect European luxury cars and exotics, the real ...

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